Death of a Ventriloquist Carpets rugs and August Wilson

and August Wilson

and "gentlemen of refinement" capturing the imagination of a country that was deeply ambivalent about its work ethic

complex needs

and atmosphere and feeling

this book covers everything from classical sociologies and traditional subjects such as class

Death of a Ventriloquist Carpets rugs and August WilsonThis debut collection includes love songs and prayers, palinodes and pleas, short histories and tragic tales as well as a series of ventriloquist poems that track the epiphanies and consequences of speaking in a voice other than one's own. Other poems speak to a Beloved and the highs and lows of parenthood and personhood all with music and verve, with formal dexterity, with sadness and humor, with an intimate voice that can both whisper in our ears