Boneshaker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beatty, Jan

Series:

Pitt poetry series.

Pitt poetry series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human body--Poetry.

Human body.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""Language that's often raw but honest, fresh and real (not to mention quite beautiful at times). ... Buy it.""--Pittsburgh Magazine""[Beatty's] writing style ... reflects a down-to-earth woman concerned with humanity."" --City Paper""'Wild girl fire' is what Jan Beatty calls it, 'that white-hot tearing' that ignites into art or self-destruction. Poetry against all odds. Poetry as the death-defying act. Poetry as the wild choice for a girl running reckless from the working class. Between odd jobs and odd loves, Beatty writes from the tender heart without flinching."" --Sandra Cisneros""Wh

Contents:

""CONTENTS""; ""I ""; ""MACHINE SHOP OF LOVE""; ""PENITENTIARY""; ""MY MOTHER AND AUNT CHARLOTTE TALK DISASTERS AT SCHMOTZER�S VILLAGE BAKERY""; ""GOING DEEP FOR JESUS""; ""KILLING CHATTY-CATHY""; ""POETRY WORKSHOP AT THE HOMELESS SHELTER""; ""CRUISING WITH THE CHECK-OUT GIRLS""; ""MAKING BABY""; ""CERTAIN THINGS""; ""MY FATHER TEACHES ME DESIRE""; ""II ""; ""NEAR THE FOUNDLING HOME""; ""DEAD JONES""; ""MY FATHER TEACHES ME TO DREAM""; ""WHO�S THE PRESIDENT?""; ""MIKE�S HOAGIE HUT, MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA, 1971""; ""MODERN LOVE""; ""LOUISE""; ""I�D GIVE ANYTHING""

""IN THE BRILLIANCE""""ARIA FOR THE BODY""; ""III ""; ""I CAN GET THAT ANYWHERE""; ""MY FATHER TEACHES ME SOLIDARITY""; ""AT BUCKEY�S, SHERIDAN, WYOMING""; ""REPORT FROM THE SKINHOUSE""; ""DRIVE, SHE SAID""; ""BONESHAKER""; ""MY FATHER TEACHES ME LONGING""; ""RELENTLESS""; ""THE WAITRESS ANGELS SPEAK TO ME IN A VISION""; ""DEAR MOTHER, MACHINE,""; ""STEPPING OVER THE BODY""; ""VANISHING""; ""IV""; ""HEARING VOICES""; ""HOW I FELL IN LOVE IN PITTSBURGH""; ""WHITE EVERYTHING, NEW MEXICO""; ""SPEAKING CORVETTE""; ""CROSSING OVER""; ""WHAT�S FOR DINNER?""

AFTER THERAPY, I DREAM OF KEITH RICHARDS & THE FAILURE OF LANGUAGEMY FATHER TEACHES ME LIGHT

ZEN OF TIPPING

THE KILL

SEIZURE

CRUISING THE BLUE BELT

NOTES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Notes:

Preliminaries omitted.

ISBN:

9780822990857

0822990857

OCLC:

878136518