Blacksnake at the family reunion : poems /
David Huddle's latest collection, Blacksnake at the Family Reunion, shares intimate and amusing stories as if told by a quirky, usually reticent, great uncle. In ""Boy Story, "" a teenage romantic meeting ends abruptly when the boy's sweetheart realizes they have parked...
| Основен автор: | Huddle, David, 1942- (Author) |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
[2012]
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| Серия: |
Southern messenger poets.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=650494 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Blacksnake at the family reunion |
| Резюме: |
David Huddle's latest collection, Blacksnake at the Family Reunion, shares intimate and amusing stories as if told by a quirky, usually reticent, great uncle. In ""Boy Story, "" a teenage romantic meeting ends abruptly when the boy's sweetheart realizes they have parked near her grandmother's grave. The poem ""Aloft"" recalls a widowed mother's indignation after she receives a marriage proposal in a hot air balloon. Haunted by the words on his older sister's tombstone -- ""born & died ... then / a single date / in November""--The speaker in one poem struggles to understand a tragic loss: "" |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (55 pages) : illustrations. |
| ISBN: |
9780807144701 0807144703 |