Lucia Perillos hard-edged yet vulnerable poems attempt to reconcile the comic impulse the humorous deflection of anxiety with the complications and tragedies of living in a mortal, fragile meat cage. Perillos surgical honesty and biting, nourishing humor chronicle human failings, sexuality, and
Poems : THE ELEPHANT FLOWER
β Scribed by William Bedford
- Book ID
- 115216985
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1973
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 49 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0011-1562
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