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Death of a ventriloquist poems

Title
Death of a ventriloquist [electronic resource] : poems / by Gibson Fay-LeBlanc.
Author
Fay-LeBlanc, Gibson, 1974-
Publication
Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, c2012.

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Description
1 online resource (x, 85 p.)
Series Statement
Number 19 in the Vassar Miller prize in poetry series
Uniform Title
  • Death of a ventriloquist (Online)
  • Vassar Miller prize in poetry series ; no. 19.
Alternative Title
Death of a ventriloquist (Online)
Subject
  • Fatherhood > Poetry
  • Ventriloquists > Poetry
  • Ventriloquism > Poetry
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Awards (note)
  • 2011 Winner, Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry
Contents
Rider unhorsed -- On leaving home -- Guide -- The largest of the circus animals -- Oakland work crew -- Worry bone -- Notes on thirty years in the life of a ventriloquist -- The end of reading -- Learning to wait -- American beech -- Inspiration -- Ventriloquist on an off-day -- Panic grass and feverfew -- Phaeton -- Ventriloquist on the moor -- Still life, Young Woman at the Water's Edge -- Park City Grille -- A brief history of the decline -- The origin of pigeons -- One of the dummies at night -- Explanation beginning with a river -- Maker -- Wildflowers of North America -- Self-portrait as a word ending in e -- Notes on colic -- How to make fatherhood lyrical -- Music in my head -- Death of a ventriloquist -- Proof #4 -- Visiting Chicago -- Four planes of experience -- Rattling funicular -- Caravaggio's Peter -- The prayer of glass -- Disabused sonnet -- The perhaps world -- Pull -- The worst first line -- More matter, less art -- The nots.
LCCN
2011042003
OCLC
ssj0000585484
Author
Fay-LeBlanc, Gibson, 1974-
Title
Death of a ventriloquist [electronic resource] : poems / by Gibson Fay-LeBlanc.
Imprint
Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, c2012.
Edition
1st ed.
Series
Number 19 in the Vassar Miller prize in poetry series
Vassar Miller prize in poetry series ; no. 19.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Awards
2011 Winner, Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry
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