We are mermaids : poems

Burt, Stephanie, 1971- author.

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"Stephanie Burt's poems in We Are Mermaids are never just one thing. Instead, they revel in their multiplicity, their interconnectedness, their secret powers to become much more than they at first seem. In these poems, punctuation marks make arguments for their utility and their rights to exist. Frozen isn't simply another Disney animated musical but 'the Most Trans Movie Ever.' Mermaids, werewolves, and superheroes don't just fret over divided n...

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ISBN:

9781644452059

Edition:

First Graywolf Printing

Description:

96 pages ; 23 cm

Contents:

We are mermaids
" "
Miami
Potomac River, 1982
Cabbage whites
Boeing 757s, Airbus 320s, an Embraer 190
My 1993
At the Parkway Deli
Impatiens
Hobbies
My 1994
In memory to Keith Girdler
Hymn to youth
( )
Prayer for werewolves
Love poem with comic books on Saturdays
Cinderella
Love poem with archery
Love poem with summer camp reunion
Before the wedding
Song of Kate the Pirate Queen
Some like it hot
Frozen is the most trans movie ever
Introduction to trans literature

Whale watch
Snow
Whiter
Rain
Civilization
Sparrows in the Natick collection
Turkeys in Harvard Yard
Two shields
Love poem with major appliance
?
Lamb's ear
Geysers
Kite day, New Brighton
Kurt Wagner's song
Bleeing hearts
Otter music
James Smith & sons umbrellas, parasols, etc. (since 1830)
;
@#$%̂@#!
Poem of 5 a.m.
Plastic man meets Reed Richards in heaven
Love poem with a roll on its side
A deli counter in Vermont
Violets in Vermont
Wildflower meadow, Medawisla
Love poem with horticulture and anxiety
Alison Blaire explains herself
Toasty
Rambutan
!
We are mermaids again
Ligature

LCCN:

2022930743

Control Number:

3218063

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