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- Errata
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: Southern Illinois University Press
- Series: Crab Orchard Series in Poetry
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COR series Open Competition winner
Finalist, INDIEFAB Book of the Year
Lisa Fay Coutley’s lyrical debut collection, Errata, investigates the delicate balance between parent and child, love and loss, hope and grief. Errata’s narrator reflects on struggles and fears that span generations in compositions that are at once musical and bleak. Coutley’s narrative journey is often a dark one, exploring not only the loss of loved ones but also the potential to lose one’s very self. The collection unravels the lingering consequences of abuse and addiction, yet threads of hope and determination weave a finely wrought path through the dark side of human relationships, illuminating the power of the will to survive. Coutley’s sharp yet tender collection will both haunt readers and move them to reflect, to remember, and most of all, to persevere.
Finalist, INDIEFAB Book of the Year
Lisa Fay Coutley’s lyrical debut collection, Errata, investigates the delicate balance between parent and child, love and loss, hope and grief. Errata’s narrator reflects on struggles and fears that span generations in compositions that are at once musical and bleak. Coutley’s narrative journey is often a dark one, exploring not only the loss of loved ones but also the potential to lose one’s very self. The collection unravels the lingering consequences of abuse and addiction, yet threads of hope and determination weave a finely wrought path through the dark side of human relationships, illuminating the power of the will to survive. Coutley’s sharp yet tender collection will both haunt readers and move them to reflect, to remember, and most of all, to persevere.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-viii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xiv
- one
- Shooting Geese,
- pp. 3-4
- Dear Morpheus—
- p. 9
- Why to Bury a Parrot
- p. 12
- The Way the Plot
- pp. 13-14
- Respiration
- pp. 15-16
- two
- Dirty Fruit
- p. 21
- Her Father Says She Worries Too Much
- pp. 24-25
- Chicken Soup
- p. 26
- Sadly, There Was No Dog Bite
- pp. 28-29
- Self-Portrait as Pyrocumulonimbus
- pp. 31-32
- Woman from Water
- pp. 33-34
- three
- Ash over Utah
- p. 45
- The Lapidary Speaks
- p. 46
- four
- Love & Squall
- pp. 54-55
- When He Comes at Me
- pp. 56-57
- Ode to Postpartum
- p. 58
- View from the High Road
- pp. 61-62
- For My First Dog
- pp. 66-68
Additional Information
ISBN
9780809334490
Related ISBN(s)
9780809334483
MARC Record
OCLC
922640690
Pages
80
Launched on MUSE
2015-10-03
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2016