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9780803296237

Cold Snap As Yearning

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  • ISBN13:

    9780803296237

  • ISBN10:

    0803296231

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-05-01
  • Publisher: Bison Books

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Summary

Whether confronting a gravel road, a hallucinatory vision of a horse-woman, a deep sensitivity to noise, or the curiosity of crows, Robert Vivian sees the world in a novel way, and this collection gives readers the opportunity to share his unique and intriguing vision.

Author Biography

Robert Vivian’s stories, poems, essays, and plays have appeared in Georgia Review, Harper's, Glimmer Train, Massachusetts Review, Creative Nonfiction, Cross Currents, New Intensity, The Best Men's/Women's Stage Monologues of 1996–1998, and dozens of other publications. Many of his plays have been produced in New York City. He currently teaches English and creative writing at Alma College in Michigan.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
ROOTEDNESS
Hereafter in Fields
3(5)
Clean Gravel Roads
8(6)
Shooting Churches
14(7)
Small Rain
21(3)
Cold Snap as Yearning
24(6)
Dreams I Had of Hiding
30(6)
Anthem
36(9)
WOMEN
Mrs. Brock Alive in the World
45(5)
Horse-Woman
50(5)
The Taxonomy of Garbage
55(5)
Reading the Mail
60(5)
Deliverance of Dolls
65(7)
The Dignity of Crumbs
72(9)
SIGNS
The Dark Hangnails of God
81(9)
The Tides, the Tides
90(11)
Conducting Buses
101(4)
Light Calling to Other Light
105(5)
Rex and Cleopatra
110(6)
Listening to Mahler
116(5)
Opera of Trouble
121(9)
Bugs of Noise
130(7)
Empty Cages
137(4)
Las Vegas in Three Parts
141(6)
Driving to the River
147

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