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What narcissism means to me / Tony Hoagland.
Van Pelt Library PS3558.O3355 W42 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hoagland, Tony.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American poetry--20th century.
- American poetry.
- Genre:
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 78 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Saint Paul, Minn. : Graywolf Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- An eagerly awaited new collection of poems by contemporary favorite Tony Hoagland, author of Donkey Gospel "How did I come to believe in a government called Tony Hoagland?"With an economy based on flattery and self-protection?"and a sewage system of selective forgetting?"and an extensive history of broken promises?"--from "Argentina" In "What Narcissism Means to Me, award-winning poet Tony Hoagland levels his particular brand of acute irony not only on the personal life, but also on some provinces of American culture. In playful narratives, lyrical outbursts, and overheard conversations, Hoagland cruises the milieu, exploring the spiritual vacancies of American satisfaction. With humor, rich tonal complexity, and aggressive moral intelligence, these poems bring pity to our folly and celebrate our resilience.
- Contents:
- I. America
- Commercial for a Summer Night 5
- America 7
- Argentina 9
- The Change 11
- When Dean Young Talks about Wine 14
- What Narcissism Means to Me 16
- Impossible Dream 18
- Parade 20
- Still Life 22
- II. Social Life
- Social Life 25
- A Color of the Sky 27
- Dear John 29
- Leaving Yourself Behind 31
- Patience 32
- Appetite 34
- Reasons to Survive November 37
- Wasteful Gesture Only Not 39
- Phone Call 40
- Migration 42
- III. Blues
- On the CD I Buy for My Brother 45
- Two Trains 47
- Rap Music 49
- Hate Hotel 51
- Poem in Which I Make the Mistake of Comparing Billie Holiday to a Cosmic Washerwoman 53
- Suicide Song 55
- Fire 56
- Fortune 57
- Disappointment 58
- IV. Luck
- The News 63
- Spring Lemonade 65
- Catechism for November 67
- Narcissus Lullaby 68
- Windchime 69
- Physiology of Kisses 70
- How It Adds Up 71
- Man Carrying Sofa 73
- Grammar of Sparrows 75
- The Time Wars 77.
- ISBN:
- 1555973868
- OCLC:
- 53437665
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