Landscape with sex and violence : poems / by Lynn Melnick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Melnick, Lynn, author.

Contributor:

Laura Jan Meyerson Poetry Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chapbooks, American.

Chapbooks, American--Specimens.

Genre:

Poetry.

Specimens.

Physical Description:

93 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Portland, Oregon : Yesyes Books, 2017.

Summary:

"The poems in [this collection] explore what it means to exist within a rape culture so entrenched that it can't be separated from the physical landscapes in which it enacts itself. Lyrically complex and startling - yet forthright and unflinching - these poems address rape, abortion, sex work, and other subjects frequently omitted from male-dominated literary traditions, without forsaking the pleasures of being embodied, or the value of personal freedom, of moonlight, and of hope. Throughout, the topography and mythology of California, as well as the uses and failures of language itself, are players in what it means to be a woman, a sexual being, and a trauma survivor in contemporary America."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1

Landscape with Wonder and Blowback 5

Landscape with Smut and Pavement 7

Landscape with Fangs and Seaweed 9

Historical Accuracy 11

Landscape with Greyhound and Greasewood 13

Landscape with B-side and Air Hockey 15

Landscape with Citrus and Centuries 17

Obviously, Foul Play 19

Landscape with Loanword and Solstice 21

Landscape with Limitless Landscapes 23

Landscape with Written Statement 24

Landscape with Sex and Violence 26

Landscape with Fog and Fencepost 28

She's Going to Do Something Amazing 30

Landscape with Surf and Salvation 40

Landscape with Blood and Boondocks 42

Part 2

Landscape with Rum and Implosion 47

Poem to Prove My Wickedness 49

Distress Call from the City of My Youth 51

You Think It's Tragic But No Maybe Not 53

Poem Entering the Apple Valley Target 55

Landscape with Twelve Steps and Prop Flora 57

Poem to Remind My Heart to Beat 59

Some Ideas for Existing in Public 61

Landscape with Thesaurus and Awe 63

Landscape with Somewhere Else Now 65

Poem at the End of a News Cycle 67

Landscape with Dissociation 75

Green and Golden 77

Landscape with Pinweed and Stunt Double 79

Landscape with Happily Ever After 81

Landscape with Clinic and Oracle 83

One Sentence About Los Angeles 85.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Laura Jan Meyerson Poetry Fund.

ISBN:

9781936919550

1936919559

OCLC:

1002129311

Publisher Number:

99978010121