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- American Fanatics
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
- Series: Pitt Poetry Series
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A book of contemporary poetry exploring the fine, shifting line between faith—secular and spiritual faith—and fanaticism in an insecure age, American Fanatics is a lyrical, pop-culture inflected meditation on democracy, morality, beauty, commerce, and the cost of falling dreams.
Table of Contents
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- I. SECURITY
- AMERICAN FANATICS
- pp. 3-5
- LUCKY NAILS
- pp. 6-7
- THE BACKYARD
- pp. 10-12
- SMALL CASKET
- pp. 13-15
- DYING YOUR BLACK CLOTHES BLACK
- pp. 17-18
- EPHEBIPHOBIA
- pp. 19-20
- LITANY WITH GARBAGE KEEPER AND BONES
- pp. 23-24
- II. HELL
- POCKET VAMPIRE
- p. 29
- LINNET STREET
- pp. 33-35
- SOMETHING IN THE HOUSE WAS BEEPING
- pp. 36-37
- FACE LIFT, ONE
- pp. 38-39
- AUBADE WITH EGGS BREAKING
- pp. 40-41
- TIJUANA CLINIC
- pp. 43-45
- III. RESPONSIBILITY
- A SHOPPER'S PRAYER
- p. 51
- DIET FROSTING
- pp. 52-53
- NEW TROUSSEAU
- pp. 56-57
- RESPONSIBILITY
- p. 58
- DON’T LEAVE ME THIS WAY
- pp. 59-61
- WHEN I AM SICK OF WORKING
- pp. 63-64
- IF GOD WERE A WISE GUY
- pp. 65-66
- IV. A SELECTIVE HISTORY OF LOS ANGELES, IN SEVEN TURNS
- WHERE WILL YOU SPEND YOUR ETERNITY?
- pp. 69-70
- V. HOW’S THE WORLD TREATING YOU?
- VISITING HOUR
- pp. 77-78
- JOHN LENNON’S LIPS
- pp. 79-80
- SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPH
- pp. 83-84
- WINTER NAP, LATE AFTERNOON
- pp. 85-86
- STEREOTYPE
- pp. 87-88
- THE LAST POEM
- pp. 91-92
- HOW’S THE WORLD TREATING YOU?
- pp. 93-96
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- p. 99
Additional Information
ISBN
9780822990789
Related ISBN(s)
9780822960799
MARC Record
OCLC
835768675
Pages
109
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
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