Not Me

by Eileen Myles

• ISBN13: 9780936756677
• ISBN10: 0936756675
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1991-06-01
• Publisher: Semiotext

Summary

Listen, I have been educated. I have learned about Western Civilization. Do you know What the message of Western Civilization is? I am alone. This breakthrough volume, published in 1991 by the author of Cool For Youand Chelsea Girlscaptures the high points of Myles' work in New York City during the 1980s. Poet, novelist, lesbian culture hero and one-time presidential candidate, Myles has influenced a whole generation of young queer girl writers and activists. She is one of the most brilliant, incisive, immediate writers living today.

Author Biography

Eileen Myles, named by BUST magazine "the rock star of modern poetry," is the author of more than twenty books of poetry and prose, including Chelsea Girls, Cool for You, Sorry, Tree, and Not Me (Semiotext(e), 1991), and is the coeditor of The New Fuck You (Semiotext(e), 1995). Myles was head of the writing program at University of California, San Diego, from 2002 to 2007, and she has written extensively on art and writing and the cultural scene. Most recently, she received a fellowship from the Andy Warhol/Creative Capital Foundation.

Table of Contents

Not Me
An American Poem	p. 13
Edward the Confessor	p. 18
Everything's House	p. 21
Holes	p. 32
A Poet of Compassion	p. 34
The Face	p. 38
The New Cassette	p. 40
April Noon	p. 42
The Sadness of Leaving	p. 43
At Last	p. 46
Silent Partner	p. 50
Hot Night	p. 51
Twentieth Century Dinosaur	p. 58
A Blue Jay	p. 63
Peanut Butter	p. 69
Basic August	p. 73
Promotional Material	p. 96
Vista	p. 104
A Poem	p. 107
The Real Drive
Public Television	p. 113
My Childhood	p. 117
The Real Drive	p. 123
Mal Maison	p. 127
Nice Wishes	p. 141
Dad's Bag	p. 145
November	p. 148
Cathleen	p. 150
Him and Others	p. 151
And Then the Weather Arrives	p. 152
Spinnin Wheel	p. 154
December 9th	p. 155
Early Morning Letter	p. 156
New England Wind	p. 157
Our Love	p. 158
Ponder	p. 160
Mad Pepper	p. 164
Looking Back	p. 168
Keats & I	p. 171
The Sad Part Is	p. 186
The Sunset Chorus	p. 187
Triangles of Power	p. 190
The Bicycle	p. 192
Autumn in New York	p. 193
A Poem in Two Homes	p. 195
How I Wrote Certain of My Poems	p. 201
Table of Contents provided by Syndetics. All Rights Reserved.