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Author:

Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- author.

Title:

American melancholy : poems / Joyce Carol Oates.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Eccoan imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

112 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

American poetry--21st century.
Poetry.

Other Titles:

Poems. Selections

Contents:

The Palliative. Exsanguination -- Little Albert, 1920 -- Harlow's monkeys -- Obedience : 1962 -- Loney -- The coming storm -- Edward Hopper's "Eleven A.M.," 1926 -- II: The first room -- The first room -- Sinkholes -- That other -- The mercy -- The blessing -- This is not a poem -- Apocalypso -- III: American melancholy -- To Marlon Brando in Hell -- Too young to marry but not too young to die -- Doctor help me -- Old America has come home to die -- Jubilate : an homage in catterel verse -- Kite poem -- American sign language -- Hometown waiting for you -- IV: "This is the time ... " -- Hatefugue -- A y dream of stopped-up drains -- Bloodline, elegy -- Harvesting skin -- "This is the time for which we have been waiting" -- The tunnel -- Palliative.

Summary:

The first poetry collection in twenty-five years by the National Book Award-winning author observes the human heart and mind while exploring subjects ranging from politics and racism to poverty and loss.

ISBN:

006303526X
9780063035263

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1234081208

LCCN:

2020077451

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

XSPE157 -- Atlantic Public Library (Atlantic)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

SPPE104 -- Independence Public Library (Independence)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

FFPC194 -- Nashua Public Library (Nashua)

BVPE851 -- Nevada Public Library (Nevada)

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)