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Caston, Anne, 1953-

Flying out with the wounded / Anne Caston.

New York : New York University Press, ©1997.

x, 110 pages ; 20 cm

This collection of poems by Anne Caston is a striking representation of humanity in this century. Caston explores the human mind and body, delving into the places where we are often most afraid to go. These poems consider the nature of death, suffering, brutality, friendship, love and longing, and our relationship to each. There is a rich physicality to these poems: gardens and tumors bloom here, silence and telling are wedded to each other, children are lost or found, there are books and wall maps, geese and poachers, aprons and lynchings. These are stark and moving poems.

American poetry -- 20th century.

Anatomy -- Casualties -- Search & Rescue: Yukon Territory, 1981 -- Graveyard Shift -- Kyrie -- The Burned Boy -- Flying Out with the Wounded -- My Patient Jumps to His Death -- Warming the Blood -- The Last Lobotomized Woman -- Hands -- Mercy -- Heartwood -- When I Am Not Telling It -- The Burning -- My Father's House -- With Baptists -- First Rebellion, 1959 -- The Book -- Stumbling into a Pecan Grove at Midnight Just after the Lynching -- Bloodline -- In the Tub Tonight, My Son -- At Passover -- Suicide Notes -- AfterLife -- To the Woman in the Next Bed Whose Daughter Was Born with Down's Syndrome the Day My Daughter was Born Dead -- Waiting Room -- Last Lullaby for the Dead Child -- Lessons -- Since You Asked -- Hunger -- Keeping Watch -- God's Head -- Bells -- On the Subject of the Poor in America -- After the Siege -- The Ones Who Come -- Refugee Scenes -- In the Year of Our Lord -- I, of the Storm -- This Morning, Alice, Your Boots -- Eye for an Eye -- Red -- Lizard Whiskey: A Parting Gift from Viet Nam -- The Man Who Stays Sane -- Sunday Brunch at The Old Country Buffet -- Perennials -- Gardens.

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96045903

0814715613

9780814715611

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9780814715604

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