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Knock wood : a memoir

Knock wood : a memoir

Militello, Jennifer, author.
Book 2019

"In Knock wood, the first nonfiction collection by award-winning poet Jennifer Militello, a knock on wood to ward off illness sets in motion a chain of events and memories that call into question the very structure of time. Anchored by a wooden ring, Militello explores her life through the lens of three intertwined elements: the story of a mentally ill aunt in an abusive marriage; a high school romance with a boy who eventually dies of a heroin o...

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Dysfunctional families
Man-woman relationships
Militello, Jennifer
Poets, American Biography
Women poets, American Biography
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ISBN:
9781945814969
Edition:
First US edition
Description:
133 pages ; 22 cm
Contents:
Theory of relativity
The witnesses
Knock wood
Dear your honor:
The town
Duplex
All the resonance of a smashed violin
Memory as the quince
Knock wood
On fragility
The problems of the mothers
What to leave, what to unearth
On time
The mechanics
Knock wood
Why I became a criminal
Latent print
Procedures for an outing
Invasive species
Dead reckoning
Knock wood
The living room
Flower girl
The repairs
The accidents
Conspiracy to commit larceny
The deaths
Knock wood
Vow
LCCN:
2019013629
Control Number:
2797685
Other Authors:
translation of: Militello, Jennifer. Essays. Selections
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