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Little big bully / Heid E. Erdrich.
"Poet, artist, filmmaker, and curator Heid E. Erdrich explores the indigenous experience in multifaceted ways-personal, familial, biological, cultural. These poems, written from the perspective of an Ojibwe woman, reveal what sustained harassment does to people, especially to women, children, and Native and Indigenous people, how it can lead to the oppression of others and even ourselves, and how experiencing misogyny and sexual abuse can make a person vulnerable to future abuse"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780143135920
- ISBN: 0143135929
- Physical Description: xii, 94 pages ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: [New York] : Penguin Books, [2020]
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Location of publisher obtained from publisher website. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | How -- Sovereign love -- Variations true -- All nations -- Fauxskins -- Story of these creatures -- Not -- Story of the charismenace -- Killed darling -- Territory was not virgin and neither was I (virgin) -- Face to face -- North of love -- Bearancestry.com -- Melania won't leave you (though she retires to her private island Melanesia where she learns the Tongan word tabu) -- Big sir -- Dear Demeter -dear Earth (where Hades is the noncustodial parent) -- Degree -- Perpetual communion of jr. high -- Untaught -- Bond shock -- Circumstance -- Little big -- Always the first time -- Put down -- Public grief -- Nothing to forget -- The pacifist grows mean -- Zeno's Indians -- The bully treaty -- Territory 73 mph -- Mod world -- The world rotates -- Peacemaking -- No use -- I feel like a fool do you? -- Aftermath -- The other night -- The nonfiction craft lesson in March -- The coldness was coldness -- Red language -- Wild turkey -- Stone animate -- We singular -- How it escaped out attention -- The eighth fire -- Oh-terrible movie! -- When mega fungi roamed the earth -- If I give you a last lesson -- Dream of the land-based future -- Reprieve. |
| Awards Note: | National Poetry Series winner, 2019 |
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| Subject: | American literature > Indian authors > 21st century. American poetry. Ojibwa poetry. Ojibwa poetry. American poetry. American literature > Indian authors. |
| Genre: | Poetry. Poetry. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Homer Public Library | 811.54 ERD (Text) | 000159339 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
Little Big Bully
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Little Big Bully
How Loves How I love you How you How we hang on words How eaten with need How we need to eat How weevils sift the wheat How cold it is How thick with hoarfrost ice slick sleet freeze How wintry the mix How full of angst How gut sick How blue lipped How we drink How we drink a health How we care How easy over as eggs How it all slides How absurd How yet tender we all How wrapped in a thick coat How battered How slender the flesh How we wrap ourselves How many selves we all How I miss you many How I see you How your eyes warm mine How tiny am I inside How enormous my need How you open an old- fashioned satchel How deep it yawns How bleak this need How like winter How it yet catches the light How brilliant the sun dogs parhelion moon dogs paraselene phenomenon optic How fetching your spectacles How my thumbs might fit alongside the slope of your nose How my own glasses slide down my thin bridge How ridiculous the theory of the bridge How inane the bibble babble How we grew to be friends How we grew thumbs How opposable we all How we grew sparks How we blew up a fire How angry How incensed How we resist How we bead up drops How water will not run How we distract How loud the dog snores How loudly How noisy the snow grows How many degrees below How we fret How again How we all came here How did we come How did we How loves How did we come to this Sovereign Love When I look upon the beloved the real beloved not the beloved of memoirs made up in revenge but the active generator of love the love maker When I when When I look upon you Beloved I might avert my gaze let it stray only to your hands then up to your throat It is only in holding your eyes away from mine that I can stay sovereign in my love It is only for you not from you. It is more than state or nation This love is itself unto itself The only name it needs it speaks within me Call it what you will It will answer Excerpted from Little Big Bully by Heid E. Erdrich All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.
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