Dunk tank / Kayla Czaga.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Czaga, Kayla, author.

Contributor:

Class of 1932 Fund.

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canadian poetry.

Canadian poetry--21st century.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

94 pages : portrait ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

[Toronto, Ontario] : House of Anansi Press, 2019.

Summary:

"In the title poem of award-winning poet Kayla Czaga's sophomore collection, the speaker is suspended between knowledge and experience - hovering there confidently before the world plunges her into the frigid waters of adult life. Czaga reimagines the body as a strange and unknowable landscape, full of cancers that "burst like blackberries;" a butt that could run for prime minister of Canada; and the Cerberus-like sultry eyes of Winona Ryder's pores. In Dunk Tank, clouds become testicles and uteri turn into goldfish, flickering and fragile, but still ultimately glowing. These are poems of friendship, lingerie, sex, and longing. Not knowing how the world works, Czaga forges a landscape of metaphor and gleaming, dense imagery. Dunk Tank is playful and dark, comic and disturbing."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

I

How to Be a Protagonist p. 3

The Mists of Avalon p. 4

Very Panties p. 5

Synchronized Eye-Rolling p. 6

False Noon on Highway 16 p. 7

Dunk Tank p. 9

Livejournal.com/lonelyradio p. 11

Drunk River p. 13

Narrative Theory p. 15

Born Again p. 17

Aluminum p. 19

Girl Like p. 21

II

Fun and Games p. 27

Michelle on Instagram p. 28

Sleeping Is the Only Love p. 30

Salmon and Potato Salad p. 31

Money p. 33

Vortex Fluid Device p. 35

Naanwich Was the Last Thing p. 37

Selfie p. 39

Harvest Moon Lantern Festival p. 40

III

Buoyant Craft p. 45

My Teeth Are Tombstones with Your Name Engraved on Them p. 47

Venti Three-Pump-Classic Nonfat Easy-Water Extra-Hot Americano Misto* p. 49

This Is Garbage! p. 50

Eel p. 52

If I Had to Feel the Same Again I Would p. 54

And Don't Ever Fucking Stop p. 56

Finnish Schooling p. 57

Good without the Guacamole p. 60

How Long Will Stats Canada Keep Calling p. 63

Goodbye Kyla p. 65

IV

Beer Interview p. 69

Placebo, Nunavut p. 71

The Newspapers p. 72

Testiculonimbus p. 73

Death Starring Winona Ryder p. 74

Bibliophilia p. 75

Under Construction p. 77

Tech Support p. 79

Tender Like Beverly Tender p. 80

Copper Koi p. 82

Inventory p. 83

Mosquitoes p. 84.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

Other Format:

Czaga, Kayla. Dunk tank./.

ISBN:

1487005962

9781487005962

9781487005979

1487005970

OCLC:

1049791401