Stray latitudes poems / Dan Leach.
| Author/creator | Leach, Dan, 1985- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | Huntsville, Texas : TRP: The University Press of SHSU, [2024] |
| Description | xii, 45 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | TRP Southern poetry breakthrough series: South Carolina TRP Southern poetry breakthrough series. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents | SOME WEATHER IS PERMANENT: Construction Site -- Blue Heron in Retention Pond -- Heat Wave -- The Gadsden Index -- Two Car Garage -- Morning Run -- Recurring Dream of Ex -- Illustrated Bible Stories for Children -- Cold Moon -- Dentist Friend -- Sobriety -- Silverleaf -- Ivory-Billed Woodpecker In Discarded Refrigerator Behind Harris Teeter -- NO ONE HERE HAS EVER BEEN LONELY: Open House -- Home Buying Tip No. 17: The Truth About Yards -- The Year After Your Father Dies -- Fell Beast Snarls -- The Dreams of Certain Saints -- Home Buying Tip No. 38: Sweat Equity -- An Empty Tomb Is Its Own Kind of Architecture -- Instructions from Store Manager of Orange Julius on the Day The Mall Closed Down -- Closing (Or: There Is No Creek in Sugar Creek) -- Between Homes -- ASK FOR THE WORLD: Fist-Fight with Older Sibling -- Transplant -- When I Was a Child I Threw Rocks at the Moon -- The Fifth of July -- Cul-de-sac -- Map of the Neighborhood Drawn by Emily Kosa on the Back of a Church Bulletin and Sold for a Quarter (Or: The Moment I Realized I Would Be Bored Forever if I Didn't Try to Write Poems) -- The First Twenty-Four Years of My Life -- The Pilgrim -- Bethesda -- Approximation No. -- After The Summer We Would Only Wear Black Chuck Taylors. |
| Abstract | "The poems in Dan Leach's debut collection present lyrical portraits of dying (if not already dead) suburban neighborhoods in South Carolina. Stalled-out construction sites, abandoned shopping malls, and builder grade houses that seem haunted before they're even sold--these are the doomed spaces that populate Leach's work. Stray Latitudes investigates the spiritual and geographical crises of the New South, pitting the individual need for identity against the recent swell of nationalism and the ongoing creep of capitalism. Like the vagrant creature for which the book is named, these are poems that scratch and claw in their search for a place to call home"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023033967 |
| ISBN | 9781680033830 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |