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The stars that fell : poems / Gary Short.
Van Pelt Library PS3569.H588 S73 2026
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Short, Gary, 1953- Author.
- Series:
- Western literature and fiction series
- Standardized Title:
- Stars that fell (Compilation) http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/a42d8618-2863-7158-f7c7-db6e7d998d2b
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nevada--Poetry.
- Nevada.
- West (U.S.)--Poetry.
- West (U.S.).
- Human ecology--Nevada--Poetry.
- Human ecology.
- Nature--Effect of human beings on--Nevada--Poetry.
- Nature.
- Mines and mineral resources--Nevada--Poetry.
- Mines and mineral resources.
- Indians of North America--Nevada--Poetry.
- Indians of North America.
- Genre:
- poetry.
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 113 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Reno, Nevada : University of Nevada Press, [2026]
- Summary:
- "The Stars That Fell infuses poetry with a new meaning for modern Nevada and the American West. Using autobiographical details and testimony mixed with Nevada history and folklore, this poetry collection focuses on and includes the scars left by the mining industry, the military complex, and the treatment of Indigenous peoples to tell the story of the complex relationship between the people and the land"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Psalm
- Gathering
- The Stars That Fell
- The Collector
- vAmerican Light
- What I Believed
- Little Makeweights of Guilt
- Driving Highway 93: Nevada
- Brothers Playing Catch on Christmas Day
- I Lay My Brother Down
- Herida de Amor
- Flying Over Sonny Liston
- Test
- Dust
- Teaching Poetry to Third Graders
- Imperfect History
- Vespers
- Two Poems about Wells, Nevada
- George Pascho Miller
- White
- Gentle Blue Sway
- Gentle
- Frame Blue
- Sway
- Outlines
- Outside
- American Flat
- Erotica
- Ghost Dance
- Near the Bravo 20 Bombing Range
- I Kneel to See the Great Horned Owl
- Naming
- Release
- Hard Winter
- Kaleidoscope, Mischief, an Offering
- Tidings
- Shoshonean
- Driving Nevada/ Reprise
- Magpies in the Graveyard
- Perseid Shower
- Twists
- Quetzaltenango, Oh Wow, Two Small Stones
- Found in Any Gray
- ISBN:
- 9781647792374
- 1647792371
- OCLC:
- 1534695580
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