TY - BOOK AU - Randall,Margaret ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - First laugh: essays, 2000-2009 AV - HN57 .R26 2011eb U1 - 306.0973 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Lincoln [Neb.] PB - University of Nebraska Press KW - Randall, Margaret, KW - Poetry KW - Social aspects KW - Feminist criticism KW - United States KW - Social conditions KW - Latin America KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - "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 The rest are new and unpublished"-- P; Includes bibliographical references; A few words about these essays -- The American people -- Pumping gas -- Flying backward -- Bigger, better, best --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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10456351 ER -