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Author:

Gunn, Thom.

Title:

Boss Cupid / Thom Gunn.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

FarrarStraus, Giroux,

Copyright Date:

2000

Description:

vii, 111 p. ; 22 cm.

Contents:

1. Painting by Vuillard. The antagonism -- A home -- My mother's pride -- The gas-poker -- A young novelist -- In the post office -- Postscript : the panel -- The butcher's son -- An operation -- The problem -- Arethusa saved -- Arethusa raped -- Arachne -- Enough -- Cat island -- Nights with the Speed bros. -- A system -- Sequel -- Shit -- The dump -- Jokes, etc. -- Saturday night -- American boy -- Painting by Vuillard.
2. "First saw him." Famous friends -- A GI in 1943 -- Front bar of the Lone star -- To Donald Davie in heaven -- A Low Angeles childhood -- The artist as an old man -- "The little cousin dashed in" -- Classics -- "7 a.m. in the bar" -- Hi -- Coffee on Cole -- Letters from Manhattan -- "Save the word" -- Convergence -- Blues for the new year, 1997 -- Aubade -- The search -- Office hours -- "Stories of bar-fights" -- "First saw him."
3. Abishag. Hitch-hiker ; Iron man ; The visible man ; A borrowed man ; Final song -- Coffee shop -- Rapallo -- In trust -- To Cupid -- Front door man -- A wood near Athens -- First song -- Dancing David. God ; Bathsheba ; Abishag.

ISBN:

9780374115579 (alk. paper)
0374115575 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)42861915

LCCN:

99057739

Locations:

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

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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