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Mothman Apologia

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Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2022

About this book

The 116th volume of the Yale Series of Younger Poets, exploring love, grief, the opioid epidemic, and coming of age

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Robert Wood Lynn is a writer from Virginia. His work has appeared in Antioch Review, The Cincinnati Review, New Ohio Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, and other journals.

Rae Armantrout is the award-winning author of eighteen books of poetry, most recently Finalists, Conjure, and Wobble.

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    Frontmatter

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    Contents

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    Foreword

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    (The Mothman Gets High)

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    (The Mothman Googles Its Own Name)

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    First of Ten Elegies for Fire and Oxycodone

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    Second of Ten Elegies for Fire and Oxycodone

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    (The Mothman at Twelve)

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    Psalm for the Haters in the Back

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    Voicemail from My Mother

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    (The Mothman Pronounces Appalachia)

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    Third of Ten Elegies for Fire and Oxycodone

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    Fourth of Ten Elegies for Fire and Oxycodone

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    (The Mothman at the Psychiatrist’s Office in the City)

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    It Was Time Again for Bushhogging the Paddock

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    Prayer for the Shitstains

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    (The Mothman Watches a TV Movie and Resolves to Steal the Declaration of Independence)

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    I Never Knew What They Meant by Flyover Country

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    The Best Shot in the House

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    (The Mothman Leaves the Used Car Lot Empty-Handed)

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    The Season We Danced Alone While Pumping Gas

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    Walking Blues Not Packaged for Individual Sale

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    (The Mothman Picks Up a Misdemeanor)

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    Fifth of Ten Elegies for Fire and Oxycodone

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    Sixth of Ten Elegies for Fire and Oxycodone

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    (The Mothman Dabbles in Etymology)

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    Coming To

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    I Remember You Best as the Man

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    (The Mothman Might Oughta Go Home)

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    Augury

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    About the Phones

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    (The Mothman on the Bullshit Curse of Interesting Times)

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    Seventh of Ten Elegies for Fire and Oxycodone

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    Eighth of Ten Elegies for Fire and Oxycodone

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    (The Mothman Startles the Neighbors)

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    Extraction

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    The Summer After the Winter I Taught You How to Start a Fire

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    (The Mothman Reads from The Book of the Dead)

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    Ninth of Ten Elegies for Fire and Oxycodone

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    Tenth of Ten Elegies for Fire and Oxycodone

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    (The Mothman Drops Out)

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    Peepers in February

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    Sneaking onto the Reservoir Again

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    (The Mothman Looks Back)

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    Let the Child Think She’s Found an Arrowhead

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    A Pangram for the Post-Modern Typefaces

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    Eleventh of Ten Elegies for Fire and Oxycodone

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    (The Mothman Gets Clean)

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    Notes

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    Acknowledgments

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Yale Series of Younger Poets
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Yale Series of Younger Poets
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