The flesh between us : poems / by Tory Adkisson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adkisson, Tory, 1987- author.

Series:

Crab Orchard award series in poetry

Crab Orchard series in poetry

Language:

English

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

vi, 82 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Crab Orchard Review : Southern Illinois University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Intensely and unapologetically homoerotic in content and theme, this book explores the limits of sexual intimacy, familial intimacy, and the attachments we have to ourselves, arguing that our connections to each other may be lovely or painful, static or constantly shifting, but are, above all, unavoidable and necessary"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Self-Portrait with My Eidolon

The Garden

Anecdote of the Pig

Gnostic Aubade

The Faun

Spring in Paradise

California

Ode to Sneakers

To Be Loved

Figure Study

Portrait of My Mother as Penelope

Anecdote of the Rabbit

Duende

Summer in Paradise

Homosexuality

Lusus Naturae

Somewhere Between Memory

Anecdote of the Osprey

Taming Eros

Without Brains or Backbone

X & Y

The Throne

Coronation

Portrait of My Mother as Demeter

Cicadas

Your Animal Heart

Homophone

Autumn in Paradise

The Meadow

Anecdote of the Fox

First Harvest

Self-Portrait During a Tornado Sighting

Wilderness of Flesh

Postmortem Aubade

Echolalia

Portrait of My Father as the Trojan Horse

Anecdote of the Swan

Hornets

Scarecrows

Winter in Paradise

Sort Sol

The Orchard Keeper

Adam's Apple

Doubting the Gods

Orientalism

Self-Portrait as a Butoh Dancer

Bareback Cartography

Aubade with Tortoiseshell & Ox

Thought, Barefoot

Fallout

The Problem with Wings.

Notes:

"Open competition award."

Other Format:

Online version: Adkisson, Tory, 1987- Flesh between us

ISBN:

9780809338429

0809338424

OCLC:

1224044736