When my brother was an Aztec
Record details
- ISBN: 9781556593833
- ISBN: 155659383X
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Physical Description:
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xiii, 103 pages ; 23 cm - Publisher: Port Townsend, Washington : Copper Canyon Press, [2012]
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | When my brother was an Aztec -- I. Abecedarian requiring further examination of Anglikan seraphym subjugation of a wild Indian rezervation -- Hand-me-down Halloween -- Why I hate raisins -- The red blues -- The gospel of Guy No-Horse -- A woman with no legs -- Tortilla smoke: a genesis -- Reservation Mary -- Cloud watching -- Mercy songs to melancholy -- If Eve Side-Stealer & Mary Busted-Chest ruled the world -- The last Mojave Indian Barbie -- Reservation grass -- Other small thundering -- Jimmy Eagle's hot cowboy boots blues -- The facts of art -- Prayers or oubliettes -- The clouds are buffalo limping toward Jesus -- II. My brother at 3 a.m. -- Zoology -- How to go to dinner with a brother on drugs -- Downhill triolets -- As a consequence of my brother stealling all the lightbulbs -- Formication -- Mariposa nocturna -- Black magic brother -- A brother named Gethsemane -- Soirée fantastique -- No more cake here -- III. I watch her eat an apple -- Toward the Amaranth gates of war and love -- Self-portrait as a chimera -- Dome riddle -- I lean out the window and she nods off in bed, the needle gently rocking on the bedside table -- Monday aubade -- When the beloved asks, "What would you do if you woke up and I was a shark?" -- Lorca's red dresses -- Of course she looked back -- Apotheosis of Kiss -- Orange alert -- The elephants -- Why I don't mention flowers when conversations with my brother reach uncomfortable silences -- The beauty of a busted fruit -- Love potion 2012 -- A wild life zoo. |
Awards Note: | American Book Award, 2013. |
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Subject: | Identity (Philosophical concept) Poetry Indians of North America Poetry POETRY American Identity (Philosophical concept) Indians of North America POETRY / American POETRY / Native American |
Genre: | Poetry. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Lummi Library | PS 3604 .I186 D53 2012 | 289089 | Stacks | Available | - |