Thus Spake Gigolo
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (848 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1630450022 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 104 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-15 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Scott Bailey, author of Thus Spake Gigolo, grew up in Raleigh, Mississippi, the former home of the National Tobacco Spitting Contest, and he comes from a family of preachers and carpenters. in English, Summa Cum Laude, an M.A. His poems have appeared in journals, such as "The Adirondack Review," "Cortland Review," "Exquisite Corpse," "The Journal," "Meridian," "New York Quarterly," and "Ve
He speaks of the wounds that must be spoken of. He speaks of the correspondence of nature, the marvels of nature. If this collection has a hero, it is Gigolo who confesses his hand-bitten tale of survival, navigating the difficulties of his inevitable frail natures, holding his fist up to what he dreams and lives for. He perseveres adversity, he celebrates adversity, he portrays a speaker's evolution—whole yet broken, dying yet loving—alive at its end.. This collection of poems charts the course of a speaker coming-of-age in rural South Mississippi, a world that is sublime and terrifying, but these poems are not limited to one landscape, region or approach
From the Inside FlapCONTENTS1Grits Saved Me 15 Fire 16 Birth 17 Aristocracy of the Plow 18 Harvest Moon 20Pasture 22 Convergence 23 Why Should I Stand for Jesus? 24Public Revelation of Love is Deadly to Love, Most Instances 27Aunt Louise and Space Shuttle Challenger 29Polaroid Funeral 30Down Exit Ramp 69 in Eatonville, Mississippi 31The Lost Supper 33On The Other Side 35Sugar Hill 36Hallows 37 Bildungsroman 392Gigolo 43Honky-Tonky Jail 47 Jail 48Bond 50Court 52Probation 55Goodwill 58Greyhound 613Death 67Nightshift 71My Predecessors 77 The Tree Frog, The Owl, The Bumblebee 80Do I Dare Disturb the Universe? 814He Found a Diamond, a Big-Ass Diamond 87 "Shit, Look At Her," He Says, Holding up a Potato Log 89 We Must Save Ourselves 91 The Cake Rising 94