| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xi, 142 pages ; 24 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Contents |
I. Mr. Leaves -- A largely questioning article offering few answers -- The baby -- The rabbit god -- My doctor's appointment -- The blob -- The psychiatric unit -- Cement -- The new mayor -- The photograph of Lincoln -- The -- My wife, the gardener -- The wrong wedding -- Assignment Haiti -- The cows -- Toy soldiers -- The battlefield -- Peace -- The oilman -- After the war -- Conspiracy -- The soldiers' rebellion -- The captain -- The escape -- Night-wandering animal -- Explosive device -- The invasion -- The mission -- Investigation -- The wrong man -- The grandson -- Life's game -- The guards -- The lost army -- The key to the universe -- The pandas Of Wichita -- Depression -- The American Dream -- Home -- Greatness -- An eel on the line -- The leader -- The long drive -- II. Low flying -- The three little boys -- The pearls -- I wrote myself a letter -- The blue delusion -- The French novel -- That's not my duty -- The aquatic ape -- Some things I need -- Buddha -- To Russia with love -- The goddess -- Beer for the fairies -- The moose -- The encyclopedia salesman -- The Holman diary -- The Friars Club fellow -- The orchid -- Possible suspects -- The seafaring boy -- The blue ones -- The new opera -- Brand new mantra -- Almost a saint -- Dangerous at night -- In the lake -- The llama -- The great wall -- The interrupted flow -- Lost at sea -- The police captain's remorse -- Dome of the hidden temple -- A walk in the woods -- My home -- Manual for self-improvement -- Plans to destroy the world -- Invisible -- The Chicago dead -- III. The little green man -- Rats -- The waterfall -- The mule -- Mimi and the bear -- Black widow -- The suspect -- To hell and back -- The cookie -- The green shutters -- Love at first sight -- Dreaming -- What are worms? -- The flag -- Where the money is -- For rent -- The grandmother -- The furnace -- Llamas -- The Afterlife -- The hammer To the rescue -- The end of the line -- The dead animal -- Tenderizer -- The invisible alligators -- A quiet day on the porch -- Plastic story |
| Summary |
In this series of prose poems, prize-winning poet James Tate takes an absurdist view of everyday life and examines the journey towards its inevitable end. |
| Subject |
American poetry -- 21st century.
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American poetry. (OCoLC)fst00807348
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| Chronological Term |
2000-2099
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| Genre/Form |
Poetry. (OCoLC)fst01423828
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Poetry.
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| ISBN |
9780062399205 |
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0062399209 |
| Standard No. |
99963987636 |
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