Revolver : poems / by Robyn Schiff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schiff, Robyn.

Series:

Kuhl House poets.

Kuhl House poets

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry--21st century.

American poetry.

American literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (85 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As restless, reckless, and precise as the Colt revolver for which it is named, Robyn Schiff's Revolver "repeats fire without reloading" as it reckons with the array of foreboding objects displayed at the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the traces of their ghosts one hundred years later. A dirge on the Singer Sewing Machine, an exuberant and unnerving rumination on multipurpose campaign furniture, and a breathless account of Ralph Lauren's silver Porsche 550 Spyder are among the collection's exhilarating corporate histories, urgent fantasias, and agonizing love poems.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Colt Rapid Fire Revolver; de la Rue's Envelope Machine; House of Schiaparelli; Singer Sewing Machine; McCormick's Reaper; Eighty-blade Sportsman's Knife, by Joseph Rodgers & Sons; Iron Door Knocker the Shape of a Man's Face, by Feetham; Project Huia; Dear Ralph Lauren,; Multi-purpose Steamship Furniture, by Taylor & Sons; Lustron: The House America Has Been Waiting For; Silverware, by J. A. Henckels; H5N1; On the Abduction of Calvin Klein's Daughter Marci: A Captor's Narrative; Heroic Couplet; Project Paperclip; Kuhl House Poets

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9781587297601

1587297604

OCLC:

646888014