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Short talks / Anne Carson ; with a new afterword by the author and a new foreword by Margaret Christakos.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781771313421 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 1771313420 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 75 pages : black & white portrait ; 22 cm
- Edition: Brick Books classics first edition, 2015.
- Publisher: London, Ontario : Brick Books, 2015.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Poems. First published: 1992. |
| Summary, etc.: | "On the occasion of the publisher's 40th anniversary, Brick Books presents this new edition of Anne Carson's first collection of poems."--Back cover. |
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| Subject: | Poetry, Canadian (English) > 20th century. |
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- 0 of 1 copy available at GRPL.
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Table of Contents
Short Talks
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction: Glass, Slag: Short Talk on Anne Carson's Hewn Flows Margaret Christakos | p. 11 | |
| Short Talks | ||
| Introduction | p. 23 | |
| Short Talk on Homo sapiens | p. 27 | |
| Short Talk on Hopes | p. 28 | |
| Short Talk on Chromo-luminarism | p. 29 | |
| Short Talk on Geisha | p. 30 | |
| Short Talk on Gertrude Stein About 9:30 p.m. | p. 31 | |
| Short Talk on His Draughtsmanship | p. 32 | |
| Short Talk on Housing | p. 33 | |
| Short Talk on Disappointments in Music | p. 34 | |
| Short Talk on Where to Travel | p. 35 | |
| Short Talk on Why Some People Find Trains Exciting | p. 36 | |
| Short Talk on Trout | p. 37 | |
| Short Talk on Ovid | p. 38 | |
| Short Talk on Autism | p. 39 | |
| Short Talk on Parmenides | p. 40 | |
| Short Talk on Defloration | p. 41 | |
| Short Talk on Major and Minor | p. 42 | |
| Short Talk on the Rules of Perspective | p. 43 | |
| Short Talk on Le Bonheur d'Ãtre Bien Aimée | p. 44 | |
| Short Talk on Brigitte Bardot | p. 45 | |
| Short Talk on Rectification | p. 46 | |
| Short Talk on Van Gogh | p. 47 | |
| Short Talk on Sleep Stones | p. 48 | |
| Short Talk on Walking Backwards | p. 49 | |
| Short Talk on Waterproofing | p. 50 | |
| Short Talk on the Mona Lisa | p. 51 | |
| Short Talk on the End | p. 52 | |
| Short Talk on Sylvia Plath | p. 53 | |
| Short Talk on Reading | p. 54 | |
| Short Talk on Rain | p. 55 | |
| Short Talk on Vicuñas | p. 56 | |
| Short Talk on the Total Collection | p. 57 | |
| Short Talk on Charlotte | p. 58 | |
| Short Talk on Sunday Dinner with Father | p. 59 | |
| Short Talk on the Youth at Night | p. 60 | |
| Short Talk on The Anatomy Lesson Of Dr. Deyman | p. 61 | |
| Short Talk on Orchids | p. 62 | |
| Short Talk on Penal Servitude | p. 63 | |
| Short Talk on the Truth to Be Had from Dreams | p. 64 | |
| Short Talk on Hölderlin's World Night Wound | p. 65 | |
| Short Talk on the Sensation of Aeroplane Takeoff | p. 66 | |
| Short Talk on My Task | p. 67 | |
| Short Talk on Hedonism | p. 68 | |
| Short Talk on the King and His Courage | p. 69 | |
| Short Talk on Shelter | p. 70 | |
| Short Talk on Who You Are | p. 71 | |
| Afterword: Short Talk on Afterwords | p. 75 | |
| Biographical Notes | p. 77 |
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