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- Songs and Stories of the Ghouls
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: Wesleyan University Press
- Series: Wesleyan Poetry Program
summary
Left dead after our cultures were broken by triumphant enemies, our stories changed to suit others. We now change them again to suit ourselves. Songs and Stories of the Ghouls purports to give power to the dead—voices to the victims of genocide both ancient and contemporary—and presence to women. Medea did not kill her sons; Dido founds a city, over and over again, the city of the present author's poetry. In these poems the poet asserts that though her art comes from a tradition as broken as Afghanistan's statuary, there is always a culture to pass on to one's children, and one is always involved in doing so. We are the ghouls, the drinkers of the blood-sacs, and we insist that we are alive.
Table of Contents
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- Introducing Carthage
- pp. 1-30
- The book of dead
- pp. 31-78
- Testament: 2005
- A Rare Card
- pp. 81- 83
- Perhaps Not for You
- pp. 84-87
- Within the No-Change Coin Purse
- pp. 92-95
- Another Part of Now
- pp. 96-102
- Voice in Singer
- pp. 103-106
- Beneath the Slab
- pp. 107-110
- La Disconnecting
- pp. 115-118
- After Ligeia
- pp. 119-128
- The World I’m Dead In
- pp. 129-132
- The Arrow Luster
- pp. 133-136
- The Color of Altars
- pp. 137-140
- From Testament of the Ghouls
- pp. 145-150
- Unidentified
- pp. 151-154
- Light Around Right Shoulder
- pp. 159-162
- Woman in Front of Poster of Herself
- pp. 163-166
- Millions of Us
- pp. 167-170
- Along a Spectral Trail
- pp. 171-174
- No to Angel
- pp. 175-178
- In Motel/Hangar/Mock House
- pp. 179-182
- City of Voice
- pp. 186-193
- The Human Ghoul
- pp. 194-197
- City of Ghostly Festivals
- pp. 198- 201
Additional Information
ISBN
9780819571533
Related ISBN(s)
9780819569561
MARC Record
OCLC
759869644
Pages
208
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No