Table of Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Biographical Note ix
5. Influenza Confucius; or, In Fluent Confusion: The Poetry of Alice Burdick xi
6. from the Deportment MS 1988–1993 (unpublished) 1
7. from Voice of Interpreter 4
8. from Signs Like This 5
9. from Covered 10
10. from a Time 12
11. from Simple Master 14
12. from The Human About Us 26
13. from 3 Poems 29
14. from Flutter 30
15. from Holler 38
16. from Book of Short Sentences 44
17. Afterword 55
18. Acknowledgements 61
19. Books in the Laurier Poetry Series 62