Death of a ventriloquist
Subtitle: poems
By: by Gibson Fay-LeBlanc
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Number 19 in the Vassar Miller prize in poetry series; Vassar Miller prize in poetry series -- no. 19.
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Denton, Tex
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781574414479; 9781574414554
Subjects: Fatherhood; Poetry; Ventriloquists; Ventriloquism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

2011 Winner, Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry
Table of contents: title: Rider unhorsed; title: On leaving home; title: Guide; title: The largest of the circus animals; title: Oakland work crew; title: Worry bone; title: Notes on thirty years in the life of a ventriloquist; title: The end of reading; title: Learning to wait; title: American beech; title: Inspiration; title: Ventriloquist on an off-day; title: Panic grass and feverfew; title: Phaeton; title: Ventriloquist on the moor; title: Still life, Young Woman at the Water's Edge; title: Park City Grille; title: A brief history of the decline; title: The origin of pigeons; title: One of the dummies at night; title: Explanation beginning with a river; title: Maker; title: Wildflowers of North America; title: Self-portrait as a word ending in e; title: Notes on colic; title: How to make fatherhood lyrical; title: Music in my head; title: Death of a ventriloquist; title: Proof #4; title: Visiting Chicago; title: Four planes of experience; title: Rattling funicular; title: Caravaggio's Peter; title: The prayer of glass; title: Disabused sonnet; title: The perhaps world; title: Pull; title: The worst first line; title: More matter, less art; title: The nots.