The improbable swervings of atoms / Christopher Bursk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bursk, Christopher, author.

Series:

Pitt poetry series.

Pitt poetry series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry--21st century.

American poetry.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (104 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2005]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Winner of 2004 Donald Hall Prize in Poetry given out by AWP. This collection follows the physical and emotional struggles of a young boy growing up in 1950s America as he attempts to understand himself and the world around him.

Contents:

1: Carnage, cataclysm, catastrophe

Freedom train

Army hearings

One more victory for the children of light

Dr. Livingstone, i presume

My brother and i drop the bomb on Hiroshima

Nothing more dangerous than boredom

Woodcraft manual for boys

Coffee

Fourteen and under singles championship

Sex education

The barbarians

De Rerum Natura, Book five

Irreconcilable differences

One nation, indivisible, under God

E. Pluribus Unum

You only get a few chances to be of interest to the gods

What do you hate about yourself?

2: That'll be the day

Mutually assured destruction

Why Latin should still be taught in high school

Das Kapital

November 29, 1963, Life magazine

The Atomic Energy Act of 1962

New Year's resolution

Plymouth Rock

Totaled

Soo-ling

The world of business

The great society

1964

3: January 19, 1972

Singing yourself down the stairs

Why I hate math

August 6

Politics ends when you unwrap a sandwich

No verifiable proof

College professor suspended

The congressman from Bucks County answers a question

Utopia

Thanksgiving will never be the same

The soul wants the last word

Farewell ceremony

42 Linden

De Rerum Natura.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

"Winner of the 2004 Donald Hall Prize in Poetry"--Cover

ISBN:

9780822990741

0822990741

OCLC:

891396070