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Electric snakes : poems / Adrian C. Louis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Louis, Adrian C., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American poetry--21st century.
- American poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (371 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Omaha, Nebraska : Backwaters Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- "In ELECTRIC SNAKES, Adrian C. Louis's thirteenth poetry collection, no one is spared his critical eye, including himself. These powerful and often humorous poems cover myriad subjects: Trump, music, zombies, Jimmy John's, childhood, caller ID, venetian blinds, magpies, love, and Mom."--From the Editor.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- When I Was a Zombie
- How a Poem Is Born
- Pussy Karma
- Applause
- The Multiverse
- Otter Girl
- What the Older Boys Told Me
- At Jimmy John's
- Easter Egg
- Electric Snakes
- Ratiocination
- Twitchy
- Electric Snakes #2
- Eddie Miles
- Vanishing
- The Got-to-Get-Some Blues
- The Succubus of Grief
- Skinology
- Invisible Places of Refuge
- One Day in the Final Week of a Career in the Academy
- Got Those Lonesome Blues in Small-town Minnesota
- The Hermit's Diary
- Electric Snakes #3
- Brash
- Homeland Security
- When You Have White Hair
- The One
- Dragon Slayer
- Monstrosities
- Prairie Madness
- The Motherland
- Electric Snakes #4
- Mom
- A Reasonable Nightmare
- Electric Snakes #5
- You Say You Are Indian
- Electric Snakes #6
- Coyotes
- Electric Snakes #7
- Metaphorical Winter Obituary
- Electric Snakes #8
- Christmas: Sixty-Six &
- Alone
- Reaper Don't Scare Me
- Valentine
- Hoping to Run into Clark
- Resurgence
- A Flickering Candle Prayer
- Vacuity
- The Equivocator
- Electric Snakes #9
- Sicangu Winyan
- The Mirage of Memory
- Electric Snakes #10
- The Imposition of Order in Minnesota
- Electric Snakes #11
- Magpie in Margaritaville
- One Night in Souix Falls
- The Questioning
- The Day They Set the Dogs upon the Water Protectors
- Lamentation
- Electric Snakes #12
- The Photograph
- Electric Snakes #13
- In Lieu of a Communion Wafer
- The Tinderbox
- To the Nude Tending Tomatoes a Little Northwest of Town
- Grilled Cheese &
- Tomato Soup
- Scene from a Movie about Life in a Small Minnesota Hamlet
- Electric Snakes #14
- About the Author
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4962-2064-1
- OCLC:
- 1117639353
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