Objects of hunger : poems / by E.C. Belli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Belli, E. C., author.

Series:

Crab Orchard award series in poetry

Crab Orchard series in poetry

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry.

Optimism--Poetry.

Optimism.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

vi, 74 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2019]

Summary:

"In "Objects of Hunger" the circularity and unsolvable nature of our quarrels against one another and against the self are trapped in a throbbing asceticism, in an exploration of resignation, concession, persistence, and monstrosity"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

I What Was

Argument p. 3

Junipers p. 4

The Road p. 5

The Pepper Shakers Were Filled to the Brim with Hosts of Swallows p. 6

Visual Analysis of Grief and You p. 7

Death Toll p. 8

II A Month of Grievances

Negotiation p. 11

Expectations p. 12

Afternoon p. 13

Disagreement p. 14

Concerns p. 15

Dispatch p. 16

The Unmentionable Worship of Idle Afternoons p. 17

Resolution p. 18

Opposition p. 19

Devotion p. 20

Optimism p. 21

Revelation p. 22

Nonchalance p. 23

Apology p. 24

Politics p. 25

Opinions p. 26

Persistence p. 27

Intimate p. 28

Couples Going Nude into the Sad Water p. 29

Wonderment p. 30

Littoral p. 31

Acrimony p. 32

All the Arts of Hurting p. 33

Proposal p. 34

The Immortelles of Perfect Pitch p. 35

Seduction Act p. 36

Parameters p. 37

Mercy p. 38

Saturnine p. 40

III Blur

What Was Said p. 43

Tête-à-Tête p. 44

The Possibility of an Ending p. 45

Almost a Lament p. 46

Postpartum p. 47

The Question of Surrender p. 48

An Autobiography of Asphalt p. 49

Memory p. 50

IV Might

Winding Down p. 53

One Dog Will Find Us Both p. 54

Sentience (cont'd) p. 55

Swallows p. 56

Vigilance p. 57

The Then & Now of Dusks p. 58

The Letter p. 59

Substance p. 60

The Only Love Poem p. 61

Manifest p. 62

Migrations p. 63.

ISBN:

9780809337255

0809337258

OCLC:

1035394149