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1 online resource (119 pages) |
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| Summary |
A fast-paced debut that draws upon reservation folklore, pop culture, fractured gospels, and her brother's addiction to methamphetamine. |
| Contents |
Title Page ; Note to the Reader ; Dedication ; Contents; When My Brother Was an Aztec; I; Abecedarian Requiring Further Examination of Anglikan Seraphym Subjugation of a Wild Indian Rezervation; Hand-Me-Down Halloween; Why I Hate Raisins; The Red Blues; The Gospel of Guy No-Horse; A Woman with No Legs; Tortilla Smoke: A Genesis; Reservation Mary; Cloud Watching; Mercy Songs to Melancholy; If Eve Side-Stealer & Mary Busted-Chest Ruled the World; The Last Mojave Indian Barbie; Reservation Grass; Other Small Thundering; Jimmy Eagle's Hot Cowboy Boots Blues; The Facts of Art. |
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Prayers or OubliettesThe Clouds Are Buffalo Limping toward Jesus; II ; My Brother at 3 A.M.; Zoology; How to Go to Dinner with a Brother on Drugs; Downhill Triolets; As a Consequence of My Brother Stealing All the Lightbulbs; Formication; Mariposa Nocturna; Black Magic Brother; A Brother Named Gethsemane; Soirée Fantastique; No More Cake Here; III; I Watch Her Eat the Apple; Toward the Amaranth Gates of War or Love; Self-Portrait as a Chimera; Dome Riddle; I Lean Out the Window and She Nods Off in Bed, the Needle Gently Rocking on the Bedside Table; Monday Aubade. |
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When the Beloved Asks, "What Would You Do if You Woke Up and I Was a Shark?"Lorca's Red Dresses; Of Course She Looked Back; Apotheosis of Kiss; Orange Alert; The Elephants; Why I Don't Mention Flowers When Conversations with My Brother Reach Uncomfortable Silences; The Beauty of a Busted Fruit; Love Potion 2012; A Wild Life Zoo; About the Author; Acknowledgments; Copyright ; Special Thanks. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Poetry.
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Identity (Philosophical concept) |
| Genre/Form |
Poetry.
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| Subject |
Indians of North America -- Poetry.
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Indians of North America. |
| Genre/Form |
Poetry.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781556593833 |
| ISBN |
1619320339 |
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9781619320338 (electronic book) |
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9781556593833 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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155659383X (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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