02982nam 2200577 a 450 991077898170332120230422041601.00-8093-8332-21-299-05087-50-585-09830-1(CKB)111004368579078(EBL)1354628(OCoLC)842997794(SSID)ssj0000250668(PQKBManifestationID)11209062(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000250668(PQKBWorkID)10232344(PQKB)10219976(MiAaPQ)EBC1354628(OCoLC)44954017(MdBmJHUP)muse25906(Au-PeEL)EBL1354628(CaPaEBR)ebr10654953(EXLCZ)9911100436857907819981030d1999 uy pengur|n|---|||||txtccrThe star-spangled banner[electronic resource] /Denise DuhamelCarbondale Crab Orchard Review Southern Illinois University Pressc19991 online resource (79 p.)Crab Orchard award series in poetryDescription based upon print version of record.0-8093-2259-5 Cover; Title Pages; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; ~ *; Yes; The Difference Between Pepsi and Pope; Lines; The Little I Know about Eyes; Happy Ending; Stranger; Grace; How Much Is This Poem Going to Cost Me?; ~ * *; Bangungot; Insomnio; The Therapist's Funeral: for Rodney Godden; White Virgin: a statue of Mary in Toledo, Spain; Art; Nick at Nite; ~ * * *; Where to Find Feminine Protection While Traveling in a Foreign Country; Cockroaches; Fairy Tale; Surgery; Scared about What Was There; ~ * * * *; I'm Dealing with My Pain; Tulip; House-Sitting; Sex with a Famous PoetSkipping BreakfastAnother Poem Called ''Sphincter''; June 13, 1995; ~ * * * * *; A Kissing; Noctilucae; Husband as a Second Language; The Star-Spangled Banner; Playa Naturista; Back CoverThe Star-Spangled Banner, Denise Duhamel's sixth book of poems, is about falling in love, American-style, with someone who is not American. In the title poem, a small American girl mishears the first line of ""The Star-Spangled Banner"" as ""José, can you see?"", which leads her to imagine a foreign lover of an American woman dressed in a star-spangled gown. The misunderstandings caused by language recur throughout the book: contemplating what ""yes"" means in different cultures; watching Nickelodeon's ""Nick at Nite"" with a husband who grew up in theCrab Orchard Series in PoetryInterpersonal relationsPoetryInterpersonal relations811/.54Duhamel Denise1472642MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778981703321The star-spangled banner3869116UNINA