The chronic liar buys a canary / Elizabeth Edwards.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edwards, Elizabeth, 1968-

Series:

Carnegie Mellon poetry

Carnegie Mellon poetry series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry--Women authors.

American poetry.

Women poets.

Physical Description:

95 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pa. : Carnegie Mellon University Press, [2004]

Contents:

Rewinding Dorothy 11

On the Train from Boston to DC in Dead Winter 13

Los Angeles Blackout 14

A Family Scatters Ashes over the Piscataqua Memorial Bridge in December 16

The Chronic Liar Buys a Canary 19

Hernando County Chain Gang, Central Florida 20

Yard Sale, 7 Dennett Road: A Visit to the Menagerie 23

The Glass Alligator 26

At the Crawford County Fair 27

Angelfish Sonnet 33

Cora Chasing Pigeons in Prescott Park, Sept. 13, 2001 34

Dia de los Muertos: Dawn at Seapoint Beach 36

The Art Forger's Pentimenti 38

Unfinished Chapters 39

Sunset at Frick Park: The Dream of a Curveball 42

Walking Back to Your Place after the Argument 43

Lunar Eclipse 45

On the House 46

Fever and a List of Snow Cancellations 47

Buying Makeup 50

"Unidentified Boy by the Monongahela River: Circa 1917" 52

The Propman and the Angel 57

Walking Home Hungry after Church 59

Jesus in the Garden of Earthly Delights 61

Selling Computers over the Phone 63

Empire State Building with First Husband 65

Arranged Marriage, Georgia, 1838 66

It's Sort of Like This 68

Lindow Man 69

Clarity 70

Sleeplessness and the March of Civilization 71

Laura, 5th Grade 75

The Name of the Game 79

Mise en Scene 81

Manipulators of Light 82

Perspectives 84

Hammer 86

Nail 87

After Grandmother's Funeral 88

Psych 101 Halloween Field Trip, Western Psychiatric Institute of Pittsburgh 89.

ISBN:

0887484093

OCLC:

54010727