A tongue in the mouth of the dying / Laurie Ann Guerrero.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guerrero, Laurie Ann.

Series:

Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize

The Andres Montoya poetry prize ; 2012

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (88 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Filled with the nuanced beauty and complexity of the everyday, Guerrero's poems explore not just the right, but the ability to speak and fight for oneself, one's children, one's community.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction to the Poems""; ""Preparing the Tongue""; ""Part I.""; ""ONE MAN' S NAME: COLONIZATION OF THE POETIC, i.""; ""SUNDAYS AFTER BREAKFAST: A LESSON IN SPEECH""; ""BLUING THE LINENS""; ""LAS LENGUAS""; ""SUMMER ""; ""ONE MAN'S NAME: COLONIZATION OF THE POETIC, ii.""; ""A MEAL FOR THE TRIBE""; ""ONE MAN'S NAME: COLONIZATION OF THE POETIC, iii.""; ""YELLOW BIRD""; ""LITTLE MEXICAN POT""; ""TURNIPS""; ""BABIES UNDER THE HOUSE""; ""ONE MAN'S NAME: COLONIZATION OF THE POETIC, iv.""; ""ONE MAN'S NAME: COLONIZATION OF THE POETIC, v.""

""ROOSTERS: HOMECOMING""""ESPERANZA TELLS HER FRIENDS THE STORY OF LA LLORONA""; ""ODE TO EL CABRITO""; ""STRAY CAT""; ""HOW I PUT MYSELF THROUGH SCHOOL""; ""MORNING PRAISE OF NIGHTMARES, ONE""; ""MORNING PRAISE OF NIGHTMARES, TWO""; ""Part II.""; ""SUNDAYS AFTER BREAKFAST: A LESSON IN COTTON PICKING""; ""PUT ATTENTION""; ""ONE MAN'S NAME: COLONIZATION OF THE POETIC, vi.""; ""BREASTS""; ""ODE TO MY BOOTS""; ""ODE TO A SKEIN OF RED EMBROIDERY THREAD""; ""ONE MAN'S NAME: COLONIZATION OF THE POETIC, vii.""; ""WOODEN BOX""; ""BLACK HAT""; ""ONE MAN'S NAME: COLONIZATION OF THE POETIC, viii.""

""MR. G'S COLLECTION""""COCOONING""; ""BABIES UNDER THE SKIN""; ""PINEDALE, CA""; ""LIKE JESUS""; ""WHEN I MADE EGGS THIS MORNING""; ""STONES""; ""MY MOTHER WOKE A ROOSTER""; ""MY MOTHER ASKS TO BE CREMATED""; ""MY MOTHER WILL TAKE A LOVER""; ""ANCIENT ALGEBRA""; ""ONE MAN'S NAME: COLONIZATION OF THE POETIC, ix.""; ""THE ALCHEMY OF MOTHERING""; ""EARLY WORDS FOR MY SON""; ""ON BLINDING""; ""BIRTH DAY""; ""Notes""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780268158644

0268158649

9780268080730

0268080739

OCLC:

832605711