| Description |
x, 71 pages ; 24 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. First corners. First ties : the father in the mirror -- The contortionist's wife -- Piano lessons at St. Lucy the Martyr Grade School -- June bugs in the window of the Rapids laundromat -- Kiwi -- The promise of Wheaties -- Coasting toward heaven -- Stalling in my new car near the high school -- The secret of the intersection -- pt. 2. Braking dreams. Thomas Edison, insomniac -- The ventriloquist and his dummy -- 1953 : James Dean walks the streets of New York all night -- In praise of the everyday cow -- Joe DiMaggio's thirst -- Ode to the Chevy Novas, 1962-1979 : a six cylinder concerto with muffler accompaniment -- The King is alive and well at your neighborhood 7-11 store -- The man who wrestled the lawn -- James Dean, resurrected -- pt. 3. Taking the curve. Chalk lines : baseball with Steve Lyon -- Judging fly balls hit by my father -- The baseball lover -- Summer of 1963 : the orbit of the wiffle ball -- Surviving the terrorism : ode to a baseball wound -- After the tokens run out -- The ex-baseball star steps out of retirement -- Playing the wind : running for fly balls in early spring -- Pitcher whose heart was stopped by a line drive to the chest -- Aging man, searching for lost baseball -- Twisters -- End of the season : the tough-luck ballplayer in the Diamond Bluff tavern -- The old men of summer -- pt. 4. Soul highway. First day of summer vacation : muskrat on a suburban roadside -- The arrowhead -- Hunting for night crawlers -- My father and the dancing bears -- The dance of the ripples -- Finding a note to myself : throw away those old shoes -- The symmetry of bruises -- My father's closet -- Another story of the olives -- A certain length of line -- Friction. |
| Subject |
American poetry -- 20th century.
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St. Cloud State University -- Faculty -- Publications.
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American poetry. (OCoLC)fst00807348
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Poetry. (OCoLC)fst01423828
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Poetry.
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| ISBN |
0268034818 (alk. paper) |
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9780268034818 (alk. paper) |
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0268034826 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780268034825 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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