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Nome poems

Title
Nome poems / Ken Waldman.
Author
Waldman, Ken
Publication
Albuquerque, N.M. : West End Press : Distributed by University of New Mexico Press, 2000.

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Additional Authors
University of New Mexico Press.
Description
vii, 79 pages; 22 cm
Subject
  • Nome (Alaska) > Poetry
  • Alaska > Poetry
  • Alaska
  • Alaska > Nome
Genre/Form
  • poetry.
  • Poetry
  • Poetry.
  • Poésie.
Contents
  • Letter sent to Mark Rozema.
  • I. Welcome to Nome -- Shorty's fiddle -- Anecdotes -- Nome post office -- Small planes near Nome -- Smart girl -- Winter's five miles away -- Nome trooper -- Nome Bypass Road -- The Board of Trade Saloon.
  • II. An evening of local poetry sponsored by the Nome Arts Council -- The eye of the cold -- Nome magistrate -- The Sunday New York Times -- The big village -- Wesley -- Sid's journal check -- Inupiat blood -- Runaway -- Nome industry -- Into the white -- December 26, Wales.
  • III. Nome newspaperman -- Third Street, Nome -- The littlest house in all of Teller -- Midnight -- Nine pieces of paper -- Polar Bar, Nome -- Village fiddle -- The victim.
  • IV. Resolution -- January flight: Nome to Kotzebue -- Irma -- Dreaming of crab -- Babysitting, St. Lawrence Island -- The visitation -- Nome calendar -- Nome hoofer -- Class party, Nome -- Exit papers, Nome -- Inner Nome.
  • V. Poetry reading, Brevig Mission -- Plane wreck -- Emergency room -- Concussed -- Brain bruised -- In the Anchor Tavern -- Nome celebrity -- Post-crash paperwork -- After the plane crash.
  • VI. Betty's igloo, a bed & breakfast -- The Arctic thumb -- Big-little town -- Moving sale -- Twin dragon lunch -- Flight out -- Missionary -- Gnome -- I jokes -- Name?
ISBN
  • 0931122988
  • 9780931122989
OCLC
  • ocm43918945
  • 43918945
  • SCSB-1123815
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library