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Informationen zum Autor Susan Blackwell Ramsey is an instructor at Kalamazoo Institute of Art. She won the Marjorie J. Wilson Award from Margie: The Journal for American Poetry and her poem "Pickled Heads, St. Petersburg" was chosen for the 2009 edition of Best American Poetry. Klappentext Winner of the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry, Susan Blackwell Ramsey’s A Mind Like This is a work of humor and wit, unexpectedly delightful and full of surprises as it reflects on the oddness of everyday life, the natural world, literary history, popular culture, and more. Everything is fair game for Ramsey, who finds poetry in love and sickness and life, of course, but also in knitting and unreliable bladders and the peculiar name of Kalamazoo. Neruda makes an appearance, as do Eric Clapton and Brahms, Leonard and Virginia Woolf, and Jimmy Stewart. Whether observing the pickled heads of Peter the Great’s offenders, wondering “How to Seduce Henry David Thoreau,” becoming the insecure voice of Kalamazoo, or puzzling over the intricacies of the mind that blocks a dear friend’s birthday while preserving the name of Emily Dickinson’s dog in perpetuity, Ramsey’s collection is wise and funny, allusive and deeply felt. Zusammenfassung Ramsey's collection is wise and funny, allusive and deeply felt Inhaltsverzeichnis Source AcknowledgmentsA Mind Like ThisPickled Heads: St. PetersburgLouise Erdrich Learning OjibiwemowinTell Me If You've Heard This OneKalamazoo Decides She Likes Her Name"And All Trades, Their Gear And Tackle And Trim"BolichePeripheral: Emerson, 1847Knitting LaceThe Duc de Saint-Simon Buys Lady Murasaki a DrinkJanuary, TulipsGaudeamus, Full Band VersionA Mind Like ThisThe Comfort of Pickup TrucksWhy I Hate StorytellersAftereffects of Bell's PalsyOde to My BladderOutside InterestsLearning CurvesMount St. Helen's, May 18, 1980 Sexing the AlligatorThe SwordMariah Educates the SensitiveCrocheting ChaosChildren in ChurchBeadsThe Kalamazoo MastodonI'm in Love with Leonard WoolfIn Order to Swallow, a Frog Has to Close Its EyesNeruda in KalamazooDeadheading with KelleeValentine's Day in KalamazooTaking Jimmy Stewart to BedThe Year Hits PerimenopauseSow's EarLilium OrientaleHow to Seduce Henry David ThoreauTo a Picky Eater at Love's TableAugustLetter to Matt on the Opening Day of Deer SeasonStallingAmplificationSexing the AlligatorThe Genome for LuckLidian Emerson Watches Her House Burn, Concord, July 23, 1872 Pattern and GroundConsider HairsEmerson's EyesThe Only Other Female in the HouseEgg Tempera Painting, Koo Schadler, Kalamazoo Institute of ArtsThe Tuesday Before Our Friday VisitAfterthoughtMeeting Edward Lear in HeavenElegy from Halfway Up the DriveOur Third Wedding Reception This Year Hits Its StridePattern and GroundWashing My Husband's Kilt Hose: A 32-Bar Reel...
