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Wheeler reconstructs her mother’s voice—down to its cynicism and its mid twentieth-century midwestern vernacular—in “The Maud Poems,” a voice that takes a more aggressive, vituperative turn in “The Devil—or—The Introjects.” In the book’s third long sequence, a generational inheritance feeds cultural transmission in “The Split.” A set of variations on losses and break-ups—wildly, darkly funny throughout and, in places, devastatingly sad—“The Split” brings Wheeler’s lauded inventiveness, wit, and insight to the profound loss of love. One read, and the meme “Should I stay or should I go?” will be altered in your head forever.
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- Pages:102 pages
- Publisher:University of Iowa Press
- Publication Date:01/10/2012
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- ISBN:9781609381424
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Pages:102 pages
- Publisher:University of Iowa Press
- Publication Date:01/10/2012
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- ISBN:9781609381424