Sandra Alcosser - November 4, 1992

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Sandra Alcosser

Sandra Alcosser reads from A Fish to Feed All Hunger (1986, reissued 1992) and a working manuscript for Except by Nature (1998), which would be published six years later. She describes her selections as creating a daybook, and the poems follow her moves between Montana, New Orleans, and San Diego. This reading was originally given with Pete Fromm.

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Introduction
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by Alison Hawthorne Deming
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"What Makes the Grizzlies Dance"
Citation

Alcosser, Sandra. Except by Nature. Saint Paul: Graywolf Press, 1998.

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"The Entomologist's Landscape"
Citation

Alcosser, Sandra. A Fish to Feed All Hunger. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1986.

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"Winning" and "Cry"
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Recording cuts out after the end of "Winning"; when it resumes, Alcosser is reading the sixth line of "Cry."

Citation

Alcosser, Sandra. A Fish to Feed All Hunger. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1986.

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"Nightjar"
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Alcosser, Sandra. A Fish to Feed All Hunger. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1986.

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"Approaching August"
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Alcosser, Sandra. Except by Nature. Saint Paul: Graywolf Press, 1998.

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"Michael's Wine"
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Alcosser, Sandra. Except by Nature. Saint Paul: Graywolf Press, 1998.

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"On the Veranda We Drink Gin and Tonic"
Citation

Alcosser, Sandra. A Fish to Feed All Hunger. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1986.

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"Azaleas"
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Alcosser, Sandra. Except by Nature. Saint Paul: Graywolf Press, 1998.

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"Music for the Dark Earth"
Description

Published version bears the title "Worms."

Citation

Alcosser, Sandra. Except by Nature. Saint Paul: Graywolf Press, 1998.

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"Because the Body is Not a Weapon"
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Alcosser, Sandra. Except by Nature. Saint Paul: Graywolf Press, 1998.

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"The Intricacy of the Song Inverse to the Dull Lores"
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Alcosser, Sandra. Except by Nature. Saint Paul: Graywolf Press, 1998.

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"Woodpecker"
Citation

Alcosser, Sandra. Except by Nature. Saint Paul: Graywolf Press, 1998.

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Sandra Alcosser
Photographer
Alison Hawthorne Deming
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