Lynn Emanuel - February 10, 1993

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Lynn Emanuel

Lynn Emanuel reads from her third collection, The Dig (1992), which includes many persona poems focused on small town life in Nevada and the impacts of nuclear weapons testing. She opens with an early version of "The Politics of Narrative: Why I Am a Poet," which would later appear in Then, Suddenly— (1999).

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Introduction
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by Alison Hawthorne Deming

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"Why I Am a Poet"
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Published version bears the title "The Politics of Narrative: Why I Am a Poet."

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Emanuel, Lynn. Then, Suddenly—. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1999.

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"Stone Soup"
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Emanuel, Lynn. The Dig. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1992.

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"The Planet Krypton"
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Emanuel, Lynn. The Dig. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1992.

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"Blonde Bombshell"
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Emanuel, Lynn. The Dig. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1992.

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"What Ely Was"
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Emanuel, Lynn. The Dig. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1992.

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"This is the Truth"
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Emanuel, Lynn. The Dig. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1992.

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"Violence"
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Published version bears the title "Domestic Violence."

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Emanuel, Lynn. The Dig. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1992.

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"The Idol"
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Emanuel, Lynn. The Dig. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1992.

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"The Past"
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Emanuel, Lynn. The Dig. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1992.

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"Riddle"
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Emanuel, Lynn. The Dig. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1992.

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"Heartsick"
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Emanuel, Lynn. The Dig. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1992.

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"Raoul's Version"
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Uncollected.

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From "Coda (in the Form of Notes)"
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Differs from published versions of the notes to "Far" and "The Planet Krypton."

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Emanuel, Lynn. The Dig. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1992.

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"Spite—Homage to Sylvia Plath"
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Emanuel, Lynn. The Dig. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1992.

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"What Did You Expect?"
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Emanuel, Lynn. The Dig. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1992.

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"The Dig"
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Emanuel, Lynn. The Dig. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1992.

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"The Poet in Heaven"
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Emanuel, Lynn. The Dig. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1992.

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