Blood memory /
Blood Memory, Colleen J. McElroy's collection of narrative poetry, emerges from deep seated memories with enormous emotion. Through the rhythms and musicality unique to McElroy's voice, it portrays an extended family, a complex culture spanning several decades, multiple victories and failu...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Pittsburgh, Pa. :
University of Pittsburgh Press,
[2016]
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| Series: | Pitt poetry series.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- I
- The Family Album
- Les Anciens
- A Sounding in the Woods
- Badlands
- Jackson
- The Hanged Man
- Gandy Dancer
- Roman
- For the Want of a Shoe
- Rebel
- Ablution
- Sepia Women
- A Given Name
- All That They Were
- Lawdy Miz Clawdy
- Chitlin' Circuit
- Kin Folk
- Immersion
- Uncle Brother
- Top Kick
- The Thief of Time
- Saturday Nights
- A Rightful Place
- Sunday Best
- The Weight of Silence
- Rough Trade
- Immutable Geography
- II
- Paint Me Visible
- Lost Baby Blues
- What the Body Remembers
- Home Remedies for Children
- Precocious
- The Answers to Why
- The Legacy
- Learning to Love Bessie Smith
- My Mother's Baby Toe
- Did You Ever Have the Feeling
- Chevalier
- Aces and Eights
- Defining Life
- Lessons in Deportment
- The Spinsters
- Breaking Wild Horses
- The Fire Inside
- Missouri Blues
- Throwing Stones at the All White Pool
- Fade to Black
- Double Dutch
- Tongue Tied
- Twilight Sleep
- The Mistress of Secrets
- The Prodigal Daughter
- Lividity
- Did I Know You Back Then?
- The Third Stage
- Blood Lines
- Acknowledgments
