Extended Family
Published on 1. August 2011
96 pages
978-1-84777-791-1 (ISBN)
Description
Extended Family is a sensual celebration of the varied relationships that make up lives richly lived: from the subtle, intimate interactions of close family members and lovers, to the mutual rewards and stresses of relationships with friends, therapists, students and housemates.
The book begins in America, with childhood memories and adolescent love.In the second section, 'Younger Men Have Birthdays Too', a love affair unravels in a sequence of tender, angry love poems.In the final section, relationships encompass casual interactions and the close understandings of friends, loving kindness and the chaos of mental breakdown.Linda Chase's wit and sharp eye for telling detail make this a collection in which, with a wry eye, the poet can express heartbreak, and the narratives of the everyday reveal unique moments of insight.
The book begins in America, with childhood memories and adolescent love.In the second section, 'Younger Men Have Birthdays Too', a love affair unravels in a sequence of tender, angry love poems.In the final section, relationships encompass casual interactions and the close understandings of friends, loving kindness and the chaos of mental breakdown.Linda Chase's wit and sharp eye for telling detail make this a collection in which, with a wry eye, the poet can express heartbreak, and the narratives of the everyday reveal unique moments of insight.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Carcanet Press Ltd
File size
0,60 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-84777-791-1 (9781847777911)
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Linda Chase
Extended Family
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05/2006
Carcanet Press Ltd
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Person
Linda Chase grew up on Long Island, New York and was educated at Bennington College in Vermont. She later did an MA in creative writing at Manchester Metropolitan University. In between, she was a stage costume designer in San Francisco and Edinburgh, and a Tai Chi teacher, later specialising in Tai Chi for special needs. She lived in Manchester where she set up the Manchester branch of the Poetry School and was the founding Director of Poets and Players, a series of poetry and music performances. Linda Chase died in April 2011.
Content
- Front Cover
- About the Author
- Acknowledgements/Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Dedication
- I Extended Family
- Independence
- The Handover
- Grand Central Station, 1947
- The Long Island School (for Dore Ashton)
- The Long Island School (for Lilian Ruben)
- Copley Pond
- Catching for America
- The Geography of Goodbyes
- Launching from Brooklyn
- Night Light
- The Last Sane Thing
- Flights from China
- Death in the Family
- Flower Market with My Son
- 3lb 6oz
- Extended Family
- Against a Backdrop of Fireworks
- Tuning Your Cello
- The Things You Bring
- Telling You
- Death Notice
- Do You Think the Snow Will Stick?
- Frames of Mind
- 1. A Short History of Restraint
- 2. Dead Lock
- 3. Havoc
- 4. The Weeping House
- 5. Two a Day
- 6. Water's Way
- 7. Disarmed
- 8. Cheetham Hill to Crumpsall
- 9. Home Life
- Keeping the Boys Home
- Paces
- Cellar Dance
- Sharing
- Premature
- Nice
- All Day Goodbyes
- 1. Morning Goodbye
- 2. Afternoon Goodbye
- 3. Evening Goodbye
- Confidence
- Scene Shift
- One of Them
- Judo Mad
- 'It's Only Time'
- The Young Taoist Transcends His Body
- Passing
- White China Bowl
- Consultant
- The Widow Puts Off Grief
- Limits
- Soup Course
- Immaculate Mother
- An Amusing Little Breakfast
- Pre-Op
- Verse Vampire
- The Good Sister and the Good Brother
- Beach Story
- The Giveaway
- Upgraded
- Mentor
- My Last Lover
- Still Things Left
- II Younger Men Have Birthdays Too
- Younger Men Have Birthdays Too
- Love Watch
- Gamble
- Loving Parents
- Purification
- Secret
- Restaurant
- Urgency
- Cooking for You
- Journeys with my Phantom Lover
- Flying to Spain
- Tuscany
- The Same as What?
- Red Wings
- My Brave Pink
- Ourselves
- The Radio Next Door Is Far Too Loud
- You Have a Daughter
- Carrot Wheels
- The GUM Clinic
- 1. Sex Talk at the GUM Clinic
- 2. Prescribed Non-Restrictions
- 3. Wish You Were Here
- The Ticking Son
- Passing the Parcel
- The Afternoon After
- The Badly-Done-By Finish
- The Tin Dragon Fights Back
- My Friend Who Works
- Scuffing
- Out of the Loop
- Single Was Swell
- Poetic Licence
- Early Train South
- Graffiti
- Here Again
- Last Logging On
- Hacker
- Dreaming Knows
- Slow Pink
