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| Introduction |
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Whenever I Feel Like Complaining |
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5 | (1) |
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6 | (1) |
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While Listening to Pinchas Zuckerman Play Mozart |
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7 | (1) |
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I Prove I Am My Mother's Daughter |
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8 | (1) |
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Why My Mother Gave Up Pork Forever |
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The Day the Hogs Ate Aunt Ebbie |
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10 | (1) |
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11 | (1) |
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12 | (1) |
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13 | (1) |
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14 | (1) |
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Great-Grandfather Horace Ebenezer Wanted Boys |
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15 | (1) |
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16 | (1) |
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Fatty Made Knives Out of Cross-Cut Saw Blades |
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17 | (1) |
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18 | (2) |
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How My First Husband Ended Up |
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20 | (1) |
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21 | (1) |
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22 | (1) |
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23 | (1) |
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For Twelve Generations We Hated the Colbys |
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24 | (1) |
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When the Last Walker Girl Died |
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25 | (1) |
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The Only Thing the Colbys Didn't Touch |
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26 | (3) |
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When Jaguars Licked Salt from My Hands |
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29 | (2) |
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31 | (1) |
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32 | (1) |
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33 | (1) |
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34 | (1) |
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35 | (1) |
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36 | (1) |
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37 | (1) |
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38 | (1) |
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39 | (1) |
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40 | (1) |
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41 | (1) |
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The Citizens of Pompeii Shelter in Place |
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42 | (1) |
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43 | (1) |
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44 | (1) |
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45 | (1) |
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46 | (1) |
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47 | (1) |
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48 | (1) |
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49 | (1) |
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50 | (1) |
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Troops of Brightly Colored Monkeys |
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51 | (1) |
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52 | (1) |
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I Went into the Jungle Seeking Hallucinations |
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53 | (2) |
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55 | (2) |
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My Mother Comes Floating By |
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57 | (6) |
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PART TWO Selected Poems 1974--2014 |
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A Threatening Letter to Shakespeare (1974-1987) |
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63 | (2) |
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65 | (3) |
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68 | (1) |
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69 | (2) |
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71 | (4) |
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Split Ends (1974): poems from the early years of second wave feminism |
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What Do You Say When a Man Tells You, You Have the Softest Skin? |
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75 | (2) |
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77 | (3) |
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80 | (3) |
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83 | (2) |
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85 | (2) |
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87 | (4) |
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91 | (3) |
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94 | (2) |
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96 | (2) |
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98 | (2) |
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On the Dark Side of the Moon |
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100 | (5) |
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The Dear Dance of Eros (1987) |
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We Made Love Until I Couldn't |
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105 | (2) |
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Love and Other Major Disasters |
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107 | (1) |
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108 | (2) |
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110 | (2) |
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112 | (3) |
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115 | (3) |
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118 | (2) |
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120 | (3) |
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Breaking the Fever (2006) |
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123 | (3) |
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126 | (2) |
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My Methodist Grandmother Said |
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128 | (2) |
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130 | (2) |
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132 | (2) |
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Santa Teresa Calls Him (But He Does Not Answer) |
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134 | (1) |
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Rumor Had It We Were Eating Dogs |
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135 | (2) |
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Memories of My Own Underdevelopment |
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137 | (2) |
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The Mayans Take Back Yucatan |
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139 | (2) |
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141 | (3) |
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144 | (2) |
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You Are Making Important Decisions |
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146 | (2) |
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148 | (4) |
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152 | (5) |
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The Jaguars That Prowl Our Dreams |
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157 | (1) |
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Dreaming of the Bullet-Proof Cars of Maceio |
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158 | (1) |
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159 | (1) |
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This is a Poem Creating Itself |
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160 | (1) |
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161 | (1) |
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162 | (1) |
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Walking Upside Down on the Other Side of the World |
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163 | (1) |
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There's No Sin South of the Equator |
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164 | (1) |
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165 | (1) |
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166 | (1) |
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167 | (1) |
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168 | (1) |
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169 | (1) |
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170 | (1) |
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A Reunido / The Conference |
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171 | (1) |
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172 | (5) |
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Travelers With No Ticket Home (2014] |
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In Those Days Rivers Could Not Cool Me |
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177 | (1) |
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The Invisible Forests of Amapa |
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178 | (1) |
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179 | (1) |
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Chacruna Traz Luz / Chacruna Brings Light |
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180 | (1) |
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181 | (1) |
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182 | (1) |
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183 | (1) |
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Onga Pintada / Painted Tiger |
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184 | (1) |
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Solange Encourages a River to Destroy a Dam |
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185 | (1) |
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186 | (1) |
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187 | (1) |
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188 | (1) |
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189 | (1) |
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Travelers With No Ticket Home |
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190 | (1) |
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The People of Brazil Discover the Portuguese |
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191 | (1) |
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192 | (2) |
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Malaria / Dengue / Man-Moth / Homen-traga |
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194 | (1) |
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The City of Apocalyptic Visions |
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195 | (1) |
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Outside the Garden / Fora do Jardim |
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196 | (1) |
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Defective Instructions for Becoming a Shaman |
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197 | (1) |
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198 | (1) |
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Walking Toward the Largo do Machado |
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199 | (1) |
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The Kama Sutra of Kindness: Position Number 1 |
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200 | (1) |
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The Kama Sutra of Kindness: Position Number 3 |
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201 | (2) |
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The Martyrdom of Carmen Miranda |
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203 | (2) |
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205 | (2) |
| Notes |
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207 | (3) |
| Acknowledgements |
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210 | (3) |
| About the Author |
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