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A Gringo Like Me
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ISBN10: 0615161448
ISBN13: 9780615161440
Publisher: Bloof Books
Published: Sep 15 2007
Pages: 80
Weight: 0.28
Height: 0.19 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780615161440
Publisher: Bloof Books
Published: Sep 15 2007
Pages: 80
Weight: 0.28
Height: 0.19 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Borrowing its title from an Ennio Morricone ditty in the spaghetti western Gunfight at Red Sands, Jennifer L. Knox's A Gringo Like Me contains poems at once raucous and sexy, tender and high. In favorites such as Hot Ass Poem, Cruising for Prostitutes, and Chicken Bucket, Knox's speakers appear ornery, hickish, undereducated, misogynist, or worse, but each quirky character manages to elucidate a truth we're better off knowing, even if we'd rather forget it. At other times, Knox's lyrical I is downright pretty; in poems like A Common American Name and Freckles she charms. Knox has collected dramatic monologues, personal lyrics, and even plays together in a single energetic volume for a genuinely surprising debut.
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