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Original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds &c.
- Title
- Original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds &c. / Carey McHugh ; selected and introduced by Rae Armantrout.
- Author
- McHugh, Carey.
- Publication
- New York : Poetry Society of America, 2008.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JAX B-21500 [24] | Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 |
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- Description
- 27 p.; 19 cm.
- Series Statement
- New American poets chapbook series
- Uniform Title
- New American poets chapbook series.
- Subject
- American poetry > 21st century
- Contents
- I. The farrier -- Self-portrait as shedding -- Instrument for oversight -- The glasscutter -- Original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds &c. -- The somnambulist. II. American chestnut blight -- Handsomely legacied hereafter -- Nightblooms -- Death (as a woman) comes for the draughtsman -- Angling, a catalogue -- Cannery manned by patients -- Biography in increments. III. In the afterhour -- Comes again like a costume of foxglove -- The arsonist -- Still life with canary -- Woman with her throat cut -- Spell for protecting the dead from being bitten -- The final report on birds that pose a threat to flight.
- Call Number
- JAX B-21500 [24]
- OCLC
- 456113804
- Author
- McHugh, Carey.
- Title
- Original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds &c. / Carey McHugh ; selected and introduced by Rae Armantrout.
- Imprint
- New York : Poetry Society of America, 2008.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Series
- New American poets chapbook seriesNew American poets chapbook series.
- Added Author
- Armantrout, Rae, 1947-Poetry Society of America.
- Research Call Number
- JAX B-21500 [24]