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- Hurricane Party
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: The University of Akron Press
- Series: Akron Series in Poetry
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Hurricane Party is an original and rewarding work, a masterful follow-up to Big Muddy River of Stars, and a livewire, compelling contribution to American poetry. No other poet sounds like Pelegrin, and that's the sure sign of a writer at the top of her game. —Elton Glaser
Table of Contents
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- River of Voices
- The Creeps
- pp. 7-8
- Mid-City Tours
- p. 9
- Burying the Hatchet
- p. 11
- Joy Ride on the Gretna Ferry
- pp. 12-13
- Daughter of the Confederacy
- pp. 14-15
- The Last Holdout
- p. 16
- Where Y’at
- p. 18
- Ode to Things
- pp. 19-20
- Cumpleaños
- pp. 22-24
- The Family Jewels
- Funky from Now on
- p. 27
- Ode to Booze
- pp. 28-29
- The N-Word
- p. 30
- Bestiary of the Bayou State
- pp. 31-32
- Blue Balls
- p. 34
- Pit Bull Pastoral
- p. 36
- Ode to the Pelican
- p. 39
- Hurricane Party
- 50-cent Words
- pp. 47-48
- Shadow Ode
- p. 50
- What I Did on My Summer Vacation
- pp. 51-52
- Louisiana Crude
- p. 53
- Helicopter Hands
- p. 55
- Katrina Scribendi
- p. 56
- Stupid Praise
- p. 57
- Tabasco in Space
- pp. 59-62
Additional Information
ISBN
9781937378233
Related ISBN(s)
9781935603085
MARC Record
OCLC
794700440
Pages
72
Launched on MUSE
2012-02-08
Language
English
Open Access
No
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