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Antebellum dream book : poems / by Elizabeth Alexander.
Van Pelt Library PS3551.L3494 A5 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alexander, Elizabeth, 1962- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dreams in literature.
- Poetry--Women authors.
- Poetry.
- American poetry--African American authors.
- American poetry.
- American poetry--20th century--History and criticism.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Alexander, Elizabeth, 1962- (autograph) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 92 pages ; 23 cm
- Manufacture:
- Brainerd, Minn. : Bang Printing.
- Place of Publication:
- Saint Paul, Minn. : Graywolf Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- Offers a collection of poems with themes ranging from race, memory, and Southern culture to African American celebrities including Richard Pryor, Muhammad Ali, and Nat King Cole.
- Contents:
- Fugue
- Elegy
- Overture: Watermelon City
- Early Cinema
- Paul Says
- Hosea Williams
- Georgia Postcard
- Visitor
- Geraniums
- Islands Number Four
- Nat Turner Dreams of Insurrection
- Race
- Gravitas
- Baby
- Lament
- Crash
- Nat King Cole on the Amalfi Drive
- The Toni Morrison Dreams
- "The female seer will burn upon this pyre"
- War
- Hostage
- Tour Guide
- Untitled
- Clean
- Peccant
- Papi Lindo vs The Beautiful Man
- Saber-Toothed
- Conch Chowder
- Pig
- Rollerblade, Inc.
- The Creole Cat
- Opiate
- Movie Star
- Receta Culinaria
- Tomato
- After the Gig: Mick Jagger
- Postpartum Dream #2: Folk Art
- Postpartum Dream #8
- Postpartum Dream #12: Appointment
- Evidence
- The Party
- Orange
- Life as Dinner Party
- Visitation
- Feminist Poem Number One
- Your Ex-Girlfriend
- Gift
- Narrative: Ali
- Neonatology.
- Notes:
- "Copyright ©2001 by Elizabeth Alexander."--verso of title page.
- "This book was designed by Rachel Holscher. It is set in Janson type by Stanton Publication Services, Inc., and manufactured by Bang Printing on acid free paper"--Colophon.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- ISBN:
- 155597354X
- OCLC:
- 47990136
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