First laugh
Subtitle: essays, 2000-2009
By: Margaret Randall
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780803234772
Other titles: Essays, 2000-2009
Notes: "Four of these essays are based on talks given in different places and on different subjects. The rest are new and unpublished"-- P.    .

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: A few words about these essays; title: The American people; title: Pumping gas; title: Flying backward; title: Bigger, better, best; title: Race and racism: the 2008 election; title: The cell remembers; title: Rolling eyes; title: Remembering mother; title: First laugh; title: Piercing the walls; title: Oñate's right foot; title: Can poetry matter?; title: Words for El corno emplumado; title: The living silence of a place like Kiet Seel; title: Betrayal; title: Crystal's gift; title: The place where color sounds; title: My losses.