University of Pittsburgh Press, 1997 Paper: 978-0-8229-5641-9 | Cloth: 978-0-8229-3994-8 | eISBN: 978-0-8229-8795-6 Library of Congress Classification PS3560.O7723I5 1997 Dewey Decimal Classification 811.54
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Joseph presents the events of daily life both plainly and transcendently, as if to summon up the entire cultural setting in which they take place. . . . The triumphant final poem, 'Plenty' is an implied rebuke to any possible misreading of her poems as limited to a poetics of identity, or rooted in the deprivations of history rather than the plenty and richness of her experience, the will and ingenuity of her imagination and her strong poetic gift." --Women's Review of Books
"These poems point to the strong materials needed to make ourselves whole in the modern world. They alert us to the seams we must tug at to see into ourselves." --Yusef Komunyakaa
Allison Joseph is the author of three books and her honors include the 1992 Women Poets Series Competition Award, the 1992 John C. Zacharis First Book Prize, an Illinois Arts Council Fellowship in Poetry for 1996, and a 1997 Literary Award from the Illinois Arts Council. She is Associate Professor of creative writing and poetry at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
REVIEWS
“The poet's double vision, recalling the events of her life and framing them in history, as a large part of the strength of this book. . . . Throughout this book, Joseph presents the events of daily life both plainly and transcendently, as if to summon up the entire cultural setting in which they take place. . . . The triumphant final poem, ‘Plenty’ . . . . is an implied rebuke to any possible misreading of her poems as limited to a poetics of identity, or rooted in the deprivations of history rather than the plenty and richness of her experience, the will and ingenuity of her imagination and her strong poetic gift.” --Women's Review of Books
“These poems point to the strong materials needed to make ourselves whole in the modern world. They alert us to the seams we must tug at to see into ourselves.”
—Yusef Komunyakaa
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Summers on Screvin
On Sidewalks, on Street Corners, as Girls
Traitor
Urban Games
Malice
Five and Dime
Playing Rough
Arts and Crafts
Barbie’s Little Sister
Funny Pages
Fishing
Bribery
Artist-in-Residence
It’s Tough to Be a Girl Scout in the City
My Father’s Heroes
The Tenant
Day Tripping
Motives
The Swimming Pool
Señora Williams
Life Science
The Art of Vallejo
Talking to Marilyn
Screen Test
Higher Education
Academic Instructions
The First Time
The White People Next Door
Express Lane
Aftermath
Plenty
Acknowledgments
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