Beyond the velvet curtain : poems / by Karen Kovacik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kovacik, Karen, 1959- author.

Series:

Wick poetry first book series.

Wick poetry first book series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry--20th century.

American poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (79 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Kent, Ohio ; London, England : The Kent State University Press, [1999]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Beyond the Velvet Curtain, Karen Kovacik illustrates Czeslaw Miloxz's dictum that "the purpose of poetry is to remind us how difficult it is to remain just one person." Peopled with such diverse characters as Richard Nixon, Nikita Khruschev, Kafka's father, Dorothea Lange, William Carlos Williams, Lawrence Welk, Robespierre, and a feisty Catholic saint, this original collection of poems takes us on an amusement-park ride through world history and art. Kovacik's poetry places us in the strange drama of cataclysmic events and ordinary life.

Contents:

""During the Sorties over Baghdad""""Shortwave""; ""As My Husband Translates from the Polish""; ""Babel""; ""Dust Devils""; ""III Feast and Famine""; ""Hermann Kafka's Dinnertime Pantoum""; ""Losing Language""; ""Making Pierogi""; ""Beyond the Velvet Curtain""; ""Drought""; ""Tureen""; ""Sapphic Sonnets""; ""Frost Heaves""; ""The Art of Love""; ""Wedding Song""; ""IV Exile""; ""Saint Elizabeth, Queen of Hungary""; ""Watching My Father Pray""; ""What My Father Taught Me About Sex""; ""Cuba Libre""; ""Polish Jokes""; ""Lawrence Welk""; ""Synecdoche""; ""Exile""; ""Come as You Are""; ""Notes""

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781612772257

1612772250

OCLC:

1572090789