Showtime at the Ministry of Lost Causes

The poems in Showtime at the Ministry of Lost Causes are survival songs, the tunes you whistle while walking through the Valley of Shadows, to keep your fears at bay and your spirit awake.

About the author

Cheryl Dumesnil's books include the 2008 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize winner, In Praise of Falling, the memoir Love Song for Baby X: How I Stayed (Almost) Sane on the Rocky Road to Parenthood, and the anthology Dorothy Parker's Elbow: Tattoos on Writers, Writers on Tattoos, co-edited with Kim Addonizio.

Summary

The poems in Showtime at the Ministry of Lost Causes are survival songs, the tunes you whistle while walking through the Valley of Shadows, to keep your fears at bay and your spirit awake.

Product details

• Authors: Cheryl Dumesnil
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.10.2016
• EAN: 9780822964315
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-6431-5
• No. of pages: 104
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 226 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 181 g
• Series: Pitt Poetry; Pitt Poetry Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies