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Belly to the brutal / Jennifer Givhan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Givhan, Jennifer, author.
- Series:
- Wesleyan Poetry
- Wesleyan poetry
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American poetry--21st century.
- American poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Middletown, CT : Wesleyan University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- "Poetry that measures the intergenerational transference of violence and trauma and renders these meditations healing and redemptive"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Forward
- Contents
- The Nopal
- I. Afterbirth, Motherhouse
- I am Dark I am Forest
- Creation Story :: Motherhouse
- Girlchild Prophetess
- The Birds
- Of Color of Landscape of Tenuous Rope
- The Flash
- Tigers for Tamir Rice
- Jer Bear &
- the Magical Thinking that Keeps Us
- The Baby Monitor
- Domestic
- The Excavation
- I Awoke Considering What Labor Would Feed My Children,
- Endtimes Meditation on Mothering Self-Care
- Detention Center
- II. Blood Birth, Rot Birth
- Genealogy with Something Sweet for the Voyage
- Rubble Girl
- Bloom
- Girlwound :: Motherbound
- Headless Mama Returns [Xmas 18 Refrain]
- Sonnet as Corrido for this Busted Mami, y Yo
- After Hearing of María Izquierdo for the First Time
- Fish in the Air Girl
- Mother!
- La Llorona Sings Below Sea Level
- La Casa Embrujada
- III. Belly to the Brutal
- I Am Fat &
- When You Read This Poem, You Will Be Too
- Nightfishing
- San Jacinto River, Texas
- When I'd Moved a Thousand Miles to Follow a Man
- The Cattle Dog
- Burn Down the Barn
- The Bruise
- Bruised Fruit Makes the Sweetest Pie
- La Bruja Learns to Sing Her Name
- Family Violence
- Daughter Investment
- Human Results
- [Even the Trees]
- Belly to the Brutal
- IV. Rebirth, Birthright
- Apocalypse Déjà vu
- Today I Learned the Word Mondegreen
- After Texas
- Shooting Fish in a Barrel
- Dearhearts, We Feel Good When We do What We've Evolved to Do
- My Brother Eats Menudo
- Retablos &
- Other Miracles
- Aubade for a Year [Without]
- I Bride, I Mother, I Pierce Through the Casket
- [I Am Raising]
- Praise for Lukewarm Tortilla Soup &
- Dog Hair on the Upholstery
- Creation Story
- Bright City
- The Decision
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780819580986
- 0819580988
- OCLC:
- 1294151677
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