| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Vassar Miller prize in poetry series ; no. 21 |
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Vassar Miller prize in poetry series ; no. 21.
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| Contents |
Reform, Missouri -- Blind king -- New Orleans -- Low definition -- Everyone was dead and I went on, drunk -- The general -- Weed guide -- Careless simile -- Vaudeville -- Strip mall -- Long occupation -- Twelve bar blues -- Recovery coffee -- Sibling Gothic -- The transparent fabulist -- There's something quieter than sleep -- Family plot -- Permanent collection -- Tell me about the fates -- You're in the picture -- Mortuary art -- To my heart -- The zombie -- Cavebunny -- Tennessee Williams -- Surrender -- To a friend, on living alone -- Spring -- A story about show business -- Star chart -- Assez vu -- Sleeping song -- Lucky -- Dance of death -- Likeness -- Compact mirror -- Sight gags -- Reasons for living happily -- Medallion -- The gallow ball (1950) -- Spiritual exercises |
| Summary |
Trying to make sense of a disordered world, Stefanie Wortman's debut collection examines works of art as varied as casts of antique sculpture, 19th-century novels, and even scenes from reality television to investigate the versions of order that they offer. These deft poems yield moments of surprising levity even as they mount a sharp critique of human folly |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry, 2013 |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
American poetry.
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POETRY -- American -- General.
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American poetry
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781574415643 |
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1574415646 |
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1574415549 |
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9781574415544 |
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