First laugh

Randall, Margaret, 1936-

First laugh essays, 2000-2009 / [electronic resource] : Essays, 2000-2009 Margaret Randall. - Lincoln [Neb.] : University of Nebraska Press, c2011. - xiv, 216 p.

"Four of these essays are based on talks given in different places and on different subjects. The rest are new and unpublished"-- P.

Includes bibliographical references.

A few words about these essays -- The American people -- Pumping gas -- Flying backward -- Bigger, better, best -- Race and racism: the 2008 election -- The cell remembers -- Rolling eyes -- Remembering mother -- First laugh -- Piercing the walls -- Oñate's right foot -- Can poetry matter? -- Words for El corno emplumado -- The living silence of a place like Kiet Seel -- Betrayal -- Crystal's gift -- The place where color sounds -- My losses.


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Randall, Margaret, 1936- --Political and social views.


Poetry--Social aspects.
Feminist criticism.


United States--Social conditions.
Latin America--Social conditions.


Electronic books.

HN57 / .R26 2011eb

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