Chamberlin Free Public Library Catalog

American melancholy : poems /

Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-

American melancholy : poems / - First edition. - 112 pages ; 24 cm

In hemp-woven hammocks reading the Nation -- Exsanguination -- Little Albert, 1920 -- Harlow's monkeys -- Obedience : 1962 -- Loney -- The coming storm -- Edward Hopper's "Eleven A.M.," 1926 -- The first room -- Sinkholes -- That other -- The mercy -- The blessing -- This is not a poem -- Apocalypso -- 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 -- Hatefugue -- A dream of stopped-up drains -- Bloodline, elegy -- Harvesting skin -- "This is the time for which we have been waiting" -- The tunnel -- Palliative. I: The coming storm -- II: The first room -- III: American melancholy -- IV: "This is the time ... " --

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.

9780063035263 006303526X

2020077451


American poetry--21st century.


Poetry.

PS3565.A8 / A6 2021

811/.54