Instructions for My Mother's Funeral

This collection examines how the loss of a parent at a young age can colour the way that child looks at the world even when the child is no longer a child.

About the author

Laura Read teaches composition, literature, and creative writing courses at Spokane Falls Community College. She has published poems in a variety of journals, most recently in Rattle, Mississippi Review, Third Wednesday, and Bellingham Review. Her chapbook, The Chewbacca on Hollywood Boulevard Reminds Me of You, was the 2010 winner of the Floating Bridge Chapbook Award.

Summary

Winner of the 2011 Donald Hall Prize in PoetrySelected by Dorianne LauxThis collection examines how the loss of a parent at a young age can color the way that child looks at the world even when the child is no longer a child.

Product details

• Authors: Laura Read
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.11.2012
• EAN: 9780822962151
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-6215-1
• No. of pages: 104
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 181 g
• Series: Pitt Poetry; Pitt Poetry Series; Pitt Poetry; Pitt Poetry Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies