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The anatomy theater : poems / Nadine Sabra Meyer.
Van Pelt Library PS3613.E975 A83 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Meyer, Nadine.
- Series:
- National poetry series
- The national poetry series
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 78 pages ; 21 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harper Perennial, 2006.
- Summary:
- An exciting first collection of poetry from an emerging talent, Nadine Meyer's "The Anatomy Theater" was a winner of the 2005 National Poetry Series Open Competition, selected by esteemed poet John Koethe. For over twenty years, the National Poetry Series has discovered many new and emerging voices and has been instrumental in launching the careers of poets and writers such as Billy Collins, Mark Doty, Denis Johnson, Cole Swensen, Thylias Moss, Mark Levine, and Dionisio Martinez.
- Contents:
- Effigy of John Donne Wrapped in His Death Shroud xiii
- I
- The Flayed Man 3
- The Anatomy Theater 5
- Dissection Prayers 7
- The Cadaver 10
- Flap Anatomy 12
- Apollo and Marsyas 14
- The Artist at the Dissection 17
- II
- Seasonal Incantation 23
- The Paper House 33
- III
- At the Cirque Fernando: The Ringmaster 41
- The Unfinished Bride 43
- The Artist at His Canvas 45
- At the Salon of 1865 46
- Miss La La at the Circus 48
- The Gorgons 50
- Hygieia 52
- Dancing at the Moulin Rouge 55
- IV
- Man in a Field of Sunflowers 63
- For Those Floating Above Vitebsk 66
- John Donne on His Deathbed 77.
- Notes:
- "National poetry series winner"--Cover.
- ISBN:
- 0061122173
- OCLC:
- 71230510
- Publisher Number:
- 9780061122170
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