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Earnest, Earnest?: Poems

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Availability:In StockContributor:Eleanor BoudreauSeries:Pitt PoetryPublish date:2020-09-08Pages:62
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pittsburgh PressISBN-13:9780822966302ISBN-10:822966301UPC:9780822966302Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:Women Authors, AmericanSize:7.90 x 5.90 x 0.30 inchesWeight:0.2513Product ID:SCP6TETCQE

Earnest, Earnest?: Poems

In Earnest, Earnest?, the speaker, Eleanor, writes postcards to her on-again-off-again lover, Earnest. The fact that her lover's name is Earnest and that their relationship is fraught, raises questions of sincerity and irony, and whether both can be present at the same time. While Earnest can be read literally as Eleanor's lover, he is best understood as another side of the poet's self. The...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pittsburgh PressISBN-13:9780822966302ISBN-10:822966301UPC:9780822966302Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:Women Authors, AmericanSize:7.90 x 5.90 x 0.30 inchesWeight:0.2513Product ID:SCP6TETCQE
Eleanor Boudreau is a poet who has worked as a dry-cleaner and as a radio reporter. Her poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Tin House, Barrow Street, Waxwing, Willow Springs, FIELD, Copper Nickel, and other journals. Currently, she is finishing her PhD and teaching creative writing at Florida State University.
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

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