Origin story : Poems / Gary Jackson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jackson, Gary (Poet), author.

Series:

Mary Burritt Christiansen poetry series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry--21st century.

American poetry.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

xiii, 92 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2021.

Summary:

Origin story outlines a family history of distant sisters, grieving mothers and daughters, and alcoholic fathers.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: I. The Body You Remember

Cry Uncle

Graduation

Storyteller

Edith Keeler Must Die!

Dear Kimberly (1970)

Pub Crawl

(Twigi)

Interview featuring girl in hanbok

Interview featuring america & three daughters

Interview featuring boy in wheelchair

II. Shazam

Cafe Americano

Honey

Runaway

Itaewon

The Body's Language

Dear Kimberly (1962)

Fugue with One Voice Longing for Company

Anodyne

Interview featuring sisters

Interview featuring korea & lilt perms

III. Seoul

Interview featuring gun & three daddies

Interview featuring marriage advice

Interview featuring highway & two high yellow boys

IV. Run

Homecoming

The Restoration

Ode working twice as hard for fathers and Johnnie Walker

Watch

Star Trek VI

After the Reading

Alexandria

Interview featuring white boy

Interview featuring sister

Interview featuring shape-shifting mother

V. Kansas

Elegy That Was Already Done Before

Creature

Multiple Man: Guest-starring me & you

Saudade

Dear Siri (1963)

Reunion

My father raises his shirt

[Banana-less, my lover returns home]

Arlington

Interview featuring thanksgiving.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: Jackson, Gary Origin story

ISBN:

9780826363015

0826363016

OCLC:

1245657010