The German Lunatic

by Hershon, Robert

• ISBN13: 9781882413713
• ISBN10: 1882413717
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-03-01
• Publisher: Hanging Loose Pr

Summary

Poetry. Robert Hershon, the legendary publisher of Hanging Loose Press, is a deft and moving writer in his own right. David Wagoner has described his work as both wildly funny and deeply serious and Robert Creeley has written it doesn't get any better. Hershon's INTO A PUNCHLINE: POEMS 1984-1994 is also available through SPD.

Table of Contents

Bus to Venice	p. 11
Brooklyn Bridge the Other Way	p. 13
A Voyage to Atlanta City	p. 14
Bleu Joke	p. 15
London	p. 16
The Royal We	p. 17
Forgetting Whole Bodies	p. 18
Gauze	p. 20
His Family Her Family	p. 22
Asian Night at Shea	p. 23
The Bisons Play	p. 25
Breath and a Name	p. 26
The Mansard Roof As a Sign of the Maturity of Roadside Architecture	p. 27
Light and Dark, East and West	p. 29
Rhonda Fleming	p. 33
Gertrude Wiest	p. 34
Constance Bennett	p. 35
Joe Dooley	p. 36
Whitey Crombie	p. 37
Bob Kaufman	p. 38
Dale Rostomily	p. 40
Samuel Johnson	p. 41
James Boswell	p. 43
Henry Hillman	p. 45
Bill Zavatsky	p. 46
Nathan Whiting	p. 47
Marianne Moore	p. 48
Ed Head	p. 49
Derek Jeter	p. 51
Rabbita Bunnita	p. 52
Sister Sadie	p. 53
Rose Brook	p. 54
Andy Sipowicz	p. 55
Cut Flowers	p. 59
Her Brother's Wedding	p. 60
Doctor in the House	p. 61
Keep Your Cat Up	p. 62
Past	p. 63
The Cowboy and the Farmer Should Be Friends	p. 64
Same Title as Before	p. 65
Kid Moves Out	p. 66
The Green Valley	p. 68
Party of Five	p. 69
Parked on Sullivan	p. 71
Fish Name	p. 73
A Fly on the F Train	p. 74
F Train Questions This Morning	p. 76
Advice	p. 77
When to Pay the Visiting Poet	p. 81
Who's Who in the East	p. 82
Prose Poem	p. 84
"But That's Not Poetry"	p. 85
Calendar and Book	p. 86
A Primer for Tonight's Audience	p. 87
At the Conference, This Wonderful Meat	p. 88
Last Famous Words	p. 89
Dupe University	p. 90
B-Movie Remake	p. 91
A-C	p. 93
Floating Hats	p. 94
White Wine	p. 96
Everything Through a Prism Today	p. 97
Front Moves Through	p. 98
Had This Been Snow	p. 99
The German Lunatic	p. 100
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