10 commandments : poems / by J.D. McClatchy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McClatchy, J. D., 1945-2018, author.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poetry, Modern--20th century.

Poetry, Modern.

Poetry.

Genre:

Poetry.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)

Physical Description:

104 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

New York : Distributed by Random House.

Other Title:

Ten commandments

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1998.

Summary:

Poetry from a New Jersey writer. In My Mammogram, he writes: "'No sign of cancer, ' the radiologist swans / In to say--with just a hint in his tone / That he's done me a personal favor--whereupon / His look darkens. 'But what these pictures show ... '"

Contents:

"God spoke one and I heard two" Dervish. My Old Idols. Betrayal

Toothless and gibbering about his gift. My Early Hearts. Lines on My Face. My Mammogram

Bonhoeffer writes: "Temptation leads us not" Found Parable. My Sideshow. Under Hydra

That shadow on the wall is looking strange. Lullaby. Sometimes. Variations on Lines Cancelled by Dickinson

In Milgram's famous experiment at Yale. Proust in Bed. Pantoum. Tea With the Local Saint

There would be no need to prohibit. Bodies. Sniper. Flies.

Notes:

Lambda Literary Awards - Gay Poetry, Winner, 1999

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2 have dustjacket retained.

Other Format:

Online version: McClatchy, J.D., 1945- 10 commandments.

ISBN:

0375401377

9780375401374

0375701346

9780375701344

OCLC:

38002652

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