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- The Nightlife
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- 2017
- Published by: Red Hen Press
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In The Nightlife, Elise Paschen explores the nocturnal world and what happens in that interval between “dorveille” and daybreak. She reveals, through dream lyrics and fractured narratives, the inevitability of unrecognized desire and the drama between the life lived and the life imagined.
Table of Contents
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- I
- Closing House
- p. 17
- Picnic Triptych
- III. Half There..
- p. 21
- The Elevated
- p. 22
- Stockholm Syndrome
- p. 23
- After the Squall
- p. 24
- II
- Division Street
- p. 27
- Lear’s Wife
- p. 28
- High Ground
- p. 36
- The Tree Agreement
- p. 39
- Second Sight
- pp. 42-43
- The Middle Seat
- p. 44
- III
- New Year Poems
- Visitations
- pp. 52-54
- Under Big Ben
- p. 55
- Whale Song
- p. 56
- Ghost, Fountain
- p. 57
- Drama Drama
- p. 59
- The Marriage Bed
- p. 60
- IV
- Francesca’s Circle
- p. 64
- Shifting Ground
- Riddle
- Skylight Above.
- p. 68
- Behind the Slant
- p. 70
- My Mother Descends
- p. 71
- The Week Before She Died
- pp. 72-73
- Parents at Rest
- p. 74
- End of Day
- p. 76
- Biographical Note
- p. 80
Additional Information
ISBN
9781597095761
Related ISBN(s)
9781597090278
MARC Record
OCLC
1013742891
Pages
80
Launched on MUSE
2017-12-06
Language
English
Open Access
No
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