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Subject(s)

• American poetry—21st century [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Poetry [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• poetry [Browse]

Series

• American poets continuum series ; v. 176. [More in this series]
• American Poets Continuum series ; no. 176

Summary note

"Fiercely feminist ecopoetry exploring forgotten women naturalists, botanical birth control, and the ongoing cultural pressures women face in rural America"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents

• It's Like She Loves Us and Like She Hates Us p. 11
• I'm Worried About You in the Only Language I Know How p. 13
• You Get What You Get and You Don't Throw a Fit p. 15
• A Difficult Woman p. 17
• I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours p. 19
• I Want to Learn How p. 22
• A Natural History of Columbine p. 27
• The Petty Politics of the Thing p. 31
• Pennyroyal p. 33
• Poor Crow's Got Too Much Fight to Live p. 35
• I Want to Know You All p. 38
• "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" p. 40
• When We Dead Awaken p. 42
• Whale-Mouse p. 45
• The Bird of Paradise p. 49
• Dear Reader, I've Been Preoccupied Lately by My Own Private Business p. 55
• Queen of Barren, Queen of Mean, Queen of Laced with Ire p. 57
• Things I Did Today Besides p. 61
• The Threshold of the Unseen World p. 63
• Clear and Direct Discourse p. 65
• A Great Place to Raise Children p. 67
• Letter Home p. 69
• Hexagenia Limbata p. 71
• The New Elements p. 74
• Rue p. 75
• A Lee Bontecou Retrospective p. 77
• Regarding Silphium, the Birth Control of the Roman Empire for 600 Years, Extincted by Careless Land Management in the Year 200 A.D. p. 80
• The Unicorn Tapestries p. 82
• This Is Your Mother Calling p. 84
• Pissy Bitch Middle-Aged Happy p. 86
• The Real Thing p. 88.

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ISBN

• 9781942683971 (paperback)
• 1942683979 (paperback)

LCCN

2019036331

OCLC

1117551967

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