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Heavenly Bodies

Cynthia Huntington

Publication Year: 2012

<DIV></DIV> In this blistering collection of lyric poems, Cynthia Huntington gives an intimate view of the sexual revolution and rebellion in a time before the rise of feminism. <I>Heavenly Bodies </I>is a testament to the duality of sex, the twin seductiveness and horror of drug addiction, and the social, political, and personal dramas of America in the 1960s.<BR><BR>From the sweetness of purloined blackberries to the bitter taste of pills, the ginger perfume of the Hawaiian Islands to the scream of the winter wind, Huntington&#8217;s fearless and candid poems offer a feast for the senses that is at once mystical and earthy, cynical and surreal. Echoing throughout are some of the most famous&#8212;and infamous&#8212;voices of the times: Joan Baez and Charles Manson, Frank Zappa and Betty Friedan. Jinns and aliens beckon while cities burn and revolutionaries thunder for change. At the center is the semiautobiographical Suzy Creamcheese, sensual and rebellious, both almighty and powerless in her sexuality.&#160;<BR><BR>Achingly tender yet brutally honest, <I>Heavenly Bodies </I>is an unflinching reflection on the most personal of physical and emotional journeys.</P>

Published by: Southern Illinois University Press

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Contents

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pp. v-

Acknowledgments

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pp. vii-

Part I

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pp. 1-30

Bastard’s Song

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pp. 3-4

Delinquent

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pp. 5-6

Feng Shui for Wartime

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pp. 7-9

Meds

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pp. 10-14

Heavenly Bodies

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pp. 15-

Gher the Hound

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pp. 16-17

The Elderberries

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pp. 18-19

The Judgment

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pp. 20-21

Dry Heart

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pp. 22-

Whole House Gone to Hell

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pp. 23-24

Wake

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pp. 25-

Bride of the Barbiturate

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pp. 26-27

Recovery Room

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pp. 28-

Monica

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pp. 29-30

Part II

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pp. 31-45

Shot Up in the Sexual Revolution: The True Adventures of Suzy Creamcheese

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pp. 33-45

Part III

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pp. 47-72

Coyote

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pp. 49-

Some Testimony of Witnesses

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pp. 50-56

The Hunting Camp

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pp. 57-60

Foundling

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pp. 61-

Dirt Cowboy Café

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pp. 62-65

Goldfinches in a Dull Light

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pp. 66-67

My Brother Is Moving to Hawaii

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pp. 68-69

Cut Flowers

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pp. 70-72

Notes

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pp. 74-75

Other Books in the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry

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pp. 76-77


E-ISBN-13: 9780809330645
Print-ISBN-13: 9780809330638

Publication Year: 2012

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