The uses of adversity / Ronald Wallace.

Author/creator Wallace, Ronald
Format Book
Publication InfoPittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©1998.
Descriptionxii, 114 pages ; 19 cm.

SeriesPitt poetry series
Pitt poetry series. ^A86836
Contents Where are they now? -- Howdy Doody -- Froggy the Gremlin -- War games -- The funnies -- The voyeur -- Weird tales -- The Tivoli -- Dogs (1) -- The killing jar -- 1960 -- Gin Lane -- Statutes of limitation -- Delayed reaction -- Temps perdu -- Milk toast -- Unto you a son -- 1958 -- The Friday night fights -- The uses of adversity (1) -- Needles -- The last resort -- Another think coming -- My father: a life -- Thanksgiving 1994 -- The uses of adversity (2) -- Doctor Death -- Safety first -- Crowned -- Coaching -- Fielding -- Hunting -- Tonight's lecture -- Rich -- Albert's osprey -- Osprey -- Swamp -- Feeding the Bananaquits: Maho Bay -- The bad snorkeler -- Seasick -- Metaphor as illness -- Going deaf -- Tomatoes -- Conspiracy theory -- Guilty -- Dogs (2) -- Accident -- In our parents' bed -- Old man jokes -- Alzheimer's -- At the Vietnamese restaurant -- Living with pain -- Bluebirds -- The faithful -- God's handiwork -- The American dream -- Broken sonnet -- Mr. Nice Guy -- To worry -- Decision making -- Mind & body -- The pen is mightier -- The aesthetics of beauty -- Breasts -- Panties -- Masculine endings -- Mermaids -- In the garden -- On time -- Hostage -- The student theme -- The bad sonnet -- L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E -- Les poétes célèbres -- The McPoem -- American sonnet -- Sonnet to my socks -- Sea changes -- Meteors -- Pomegranates -- Morning glories -- Come out -- The calling -- The cat and the night -- Life or death -- Golden gate -- Thin ice -- A mind of winter -- Waxworms -- The wish -- Skin -- The seahorse -- The reef -- Sharks' teeth -- Tropes -- An essay on love -- Cat in the snow -- The last sonnet -- Man sleeping.
LCCN 97033954
ISBN0822940671 (acid-free paper)
ISBN0822956713 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PS3573.A4314 U84 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold