| Description |
95 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Pitt poetry series
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Pitt poetry series.
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| Note |
Poetry |
| Contents |
Dear Reader -- Consolation -- Osso buco -- Directions -- Influence -- Water table -- Reading in a hammock -- Print -- Sunday morning with the Sensational nightingales -- Cheers -- Best cigarette -- Metropolis -- Days -- Tuesday, June 4, 1991 -- Art of drowning -- Canada -- Biography of a cloud -- Death beds -- Conversion -- Horizon -- City of tomorrow -- Thesaurus -- Fiftieth birthday eve -- On turning ten -- Shadow -- Workshop -- Keats's handwriting -- Budapest -- My heart -- Romanticism -- Monday morning -- Dancing toward Bethlehem -- First dream -- Sweet talk -- Dream -- Man in space -- Philosophy -- While eating a pear -- End of the world -- Center -- Design -- Invention of the saxophone -- Medium -- Driving myself to a poetry reading -- Pinup -- Piano lessons -- Exploring the coast of Birdland -- Blues -- Nightclub -- Some final words. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Summary |
A collection of poems offers insights into common and unusual life events and the human condition. |
| Subject |
United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Poetry.
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United States. |
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Manners and customs. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Genre/Form |
Poetry.
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Poetry.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Collins, Billy. Art of drowning. Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, c1995 (OCoLC)604018719 |
| ISBN |
0822955679 paper alkaline paper |
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0822938936 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780822938934 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780822955672 paper alkaline paper |
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