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- My Favorite Tyrants
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: University of Wisconsin Press
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Winner of the 2014 Brittingham Prize in Poetry, selected by Naomi Shihab Nye
The word “tyrant” carries negative connotations, but in this new collection, Joanne Diaz tries to understand what makes tyranny so compelling, even seductive. These dynamic, funny, often poignant poems investigate the nature of tyranny in all of its forms—political, cultural, familial, and erotic. Poems about Stalin, Lenin, and Castro appear beside poems about deeply personal histories. The result is a powerful exploration of desire, grief, and loss in a world where private relationships are always illuminated and informed by larger, more despotic forces.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. vii-viii
- Part 1. The Perimeter of Pleasure
- Larry David on Corregidor
- pp. 3-4
- Little Terror
- p. 5
- Motor City
- p. 9
- 77 Porter Street
- pp. 10-11
- The anatomy of my melancholy
- pp. 12-13
- Dog Whisperer
- p. 14
- Archaeology
- pp. 17-18
- a la Turka
- pp. 19-20
- Thank You, Brian Williams
- pp. 21-22
- Part 2. Elegy
- Barbershop
- p. 26
- Purgatory Blues
- pp. 27-28
- Adamantine
- pp. 29-30
- What My Father Eats
- pp. 32-33
- Cuba Libre
- pp. 34-36
- Demeter’s Last Stand
- pp. 37-38
- Two Emergencies
- pp. 39-40
- The Watch List
- p. 41
- Visit to Fox Hill Cemetery
- pp. 42-43
- Emerson in Mourning
- p. 47
- A Billerica Romance
- pp. 48-50
- Part 3. Metastasis
- Pride and Prejudice
- p. 53
- Take Up and Read
- pp. 54-56
- Metastasis, Boracay
- pp. 57-58
- Uncle Ming Pinched Me
- pp. 59-61
- My Funny Valentine
- pp. 62-63
- In Praise of Silence
- pp. 64-65
Additional Information
ISBN
9780299297831
Related ISBN(s)
9780299297848
MARC Record
OCLC
874965494
Pages
80
Launched on MUSE
2014-04-22
Language
English
Open Access
No