The wet collection / Joni Tevis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tevis, Joni.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American essays.

American literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, MN : Milkweed Editions, 2007.

Summary:

Using such models as Joseph Cornell's box constructions, crazy quilts, and specimen displays,Joni Tevis places fragments in relationship to each other in order to puzzle out lost histories,particularly those of women. Navigating the peril and excitement of outward journeys complicated by an inward longing for home, The Wet Collection follows Tevis through several adventures that coalesce into a narrative imbued with the light of Tevis's Southern upbringing.Written with a poet's lyricism, a scientist's precision, and a theologian's understanding of the world.

Contents:

Contents; Prologue:; The Wet Collection; I.; A Field Guide to Iridescence and Memory; Traveling Alone; Jeremiad of a Bad Drought Year; Everything but Your Wits; Building a Funeral; Postcards from Costa Rica; The Rain Follows the Plow; Two Weddings (Venice; South Carolina); Chihuahua Desert Love Song; Dust Devils; II.; Beyond the Wilderness; The Little White House; Bigfoot's Widow; Gymnast; Second-String; Ave Maria Grotto; Even on Sundays; Plenty; Alcott in Concord; To Hear Her Tell It; Barfoot in a Borrowed Corset; III.; Crescent City Beach; Fossil; Pepper's Junk Store

In the Country of Rent and TatterArchaeology of Lost Women; Three Relics; The Body as Reliquary; I Keep a Jar of Clay Beside My Bed; Epilogue; Becoming a Prophet; Notes; Acknowledgments

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p.171-172).

ISBN:

1-57131-894-1

OCLC:

798535447