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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789803503321

Autore

Randall Margaret <1936->

Titolo

First laugh [[electronic resource] ] : essays, 2000-2009 / / Margaret Randall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln [Neb.], : University of Nebraska Press, c2011

ISBN

1-283-05116-8

9786613051165

0-8032-3499-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Disciplina

306.0973

Soggetti

Poetry - Social aspects

Feminist criticism

United States Social conditions

Latin America Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Four of these essays are based on talks given in different places and on different subjects. The rest are new and unpublished"-- P.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

A few words about these essays -- The American people -- Pumping gas -- Flying backward -- Bigger, better, best -- Race and racism: the 2008 election -- The cell remembers -- Rolling eyes -- Remembering mother -- First laugh -- Piercing the walls -- Oñate's right foot -- Can poetry matter? -- Words for El corno emplumado -- The living silence of a place like Kiet Seel -- Betrayal -- Crystal's gift -- The place where color sounds -- My losses.