The dead are so disappointing
Subtitle: poems
By: by Katherine Fishburn.
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: East Lansing
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: Fathers and daughters -- Poetry.; Death -- Poetry.
Genres: Poetry.
Description: "The Dead Are So Disappointing is a daughter's unflinching meditation on the days immediately preceding and following her father's death - and an interrogation into the lasting impact his life has had on her own."--BOOK JACKET.
Table of contents: title: Fish story; title: The faster I run; title: Rigidity becomes you; title: Mothers and fathers; title: Entirely at me; title: Son herself; title: The professor's daughter; title: Keep the drama; title: Cannot yet tell; title: Phantom of the day; title: Minor pleasure; title: The dead are so disappointing; title: Until arrive; title: But flesh; title: When die; title: If breasts are weapons; title: The pain from my throat; title: Freud taught us to think; title: Terror of heights; title: The grids of the periodic table; title: Habeas corpus; title: Mine for the taking; title: As much as his own; title: Tasting the wind; title: The censor and the checkbook.