Ordinary words / Ruth Stone.
Ordinary words / Ruth Stone.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Ashfield, Mass. : Paris Press, c1999.
Call Numbers
N811.54/29
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MMS ID
Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
74 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Good Advice -- Up There -- Words -- This -- The Dark -- Summing It Up -- 1941 -- How They Got Her to Quiet Down -- So What -- Madison in the Mid-Sixties -- Repetition -- Perhaps -- Echoes and Shadows -- Earthquake -- Male Gorillas -- Never -- An Education in the Eighties -- Absence Proves Nothing --...
At the Museum, 1938 -- Speculation -- Bottled Water -- Western Purdah, Inc. -- Empathy Again -- Boom -- Moving Right Along -- A Little Chart -- Prayer of Descending Order.
Publication information
Publisher
Ashfield, Mass. : Paris Press, c1999.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
c1999.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"Ordinary Words celebrates Ruth Stone's 84th birthday. Ordinary Words captures a unique vision of "Americana" marked by Stone's characteristic wit, poignancy, and lyricism. The poet addresses the environment, poverty, and aging with fearless candor and surprising humor."--BOOK JACKET. "Stone's subjects are trailer parks, state parks, prefab houses,...
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Full title
Ordinary words / Ruth Stone.
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Author / Creator
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Date Copyright
c1999.
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Call Numbers
N811.54/29
Record Identifier
74Vvgb5eykkA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvgb5eykkA
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ISBN
0963818392 (alk. paper)
9780963818393 (alk. paper)
DDC
811.54
MMS ID
991012394379702626
