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I do everything I'm told : poems / Megan Fernandes.
"Bristling with restlessness and wit, Megan Fernandes' I Do Everything I'm Told explores disobedience and worship, false beloveds, possessiveness, and long nights of solitude. Its poems span thousands of miles, as a masterful crown of sonnets starts in Shanghai, then flies through Brooklyn, Lisbon, Palermo, Los Angeles, Paris, Philadelphia, and finally, somewhere only language can reach, where the speaker waits for a revelation. Across four sections, poems navigate through the terrain of loss: the loss of relationships, the loss of a promised future. But amid devastation, they push us to consider joy as a necessity-in the smallest interactions, Fernandes observes that which moves us forward. "I do not track the world by beauty but joy," a speaker says. "That first bite into the soft carrot of tagine stew while a / storm wailed over the East River. The misfit raccoon / bouncing on trash bins in Central Park."" --Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781953534880
- ISBN: 1953534880
- Physical Description: 90 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition: First US edition.
- Publisher: Portland, Oregon : Tin House, 2023.
- Copyright: ©2023
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| Subject: | American poetry > 21st century. |
| Genre: | Poetry. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Baker Halfway Branch | 811.6 .F363i 2023 (Text) | 37814003607406 | NON-FICTION - NEW | Available | - | ||
| Hood River County Library | 811 FER 2023 (Text) | 33892100931220 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
