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Makeshift Instructions...
Makeshift Instructions for Vigilant Girls
by
Erika Meitner (Goodreads Author)
Poetry. "These cool, hot poems about women and girls in danger and on the prowl, coming of age and being of age, are full ofstartling detail and vivid setting. Meitner's range, wit, compassion and her alertness to the moments where domestic and collective experience intersect, make these poems memorable. This book is a seriously good read"--Daisy Fried.
Paperback, 98 pages
Published
March 7th 2011
by Anhinga Press
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Meitner’s third book is divided into 3 sections. The topics are broad, but they all, in some way, relate to being female, from adolescence into adulthood, and they celebrate female sexuality. Her writing is tight, precise, humorous, and delightful. The girls are vigilant in a dangerous world; sometimes the danger is specific and physical, sometimes emotional.
The first section is my favorite. Titled makeshift instructions for vigilant girls, this section is composed of poems about puberty and the...more
The first section is my favorite. Titled makeshift instructions for vigilant girls, this section is composed of poems about puberty and the...more
While this was a collection of poems written by the author. I had to read this for my Poetry class. I really liked some of the poems that she wrote. Some poems took me a bit to figure out what they were trying to say, but I know I'll figure it out eventually. Not sure what else to say about the book. My copy was only 80 pages not 98 pages. I recommend this book to those who are interested in poetry and want to look at different formats.
Wonderful command of language. Quick moving. Accessible. Charismatic.
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Erika Meitner's first book, Inventory at the All-night Drugstore, won the 2002 Anhinga Prize for Poetry, and was published in 2003 by Anhinga Press. Her second collection, Ideal Cities, was a 2009 National Poetry Series winner, and was published in August 2010 by Harper Perennial. Her poems have appeared in Tin House, APR,VQR, The New Republic and elsewhere. Her most recent collection, Makeshift I...more
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