I Married the Icepick Killer : A Poet in Hollywood.
Title:
I Married the Icepick Killer : A Poet in Hollywood.
Author:
Muske-Dukes, Carol.
ISBN:
9781480484818
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (322 pages)
Contents:
Intro -- Cover -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Epigraph -- PREFACE -- A POET IN HOLLYWOOD, TAKE TWO -- I MARRIED THE ICEPICK KILLER: SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF AN ACTOR'S WIFE -- POETRY TONIGHT! -- DESTINO -- THE POET AND THE GOVERNATOR -- EXILE -- A LOST ELOQUENCE -- DEVELOPMENT HELL -- SLOUCHING TOWARD A BRIEF LITERARY HISTORY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA -- IN A HEARTBEAT -- LET ME PLAY THE LION TOO: A REMEMBRANCE -- FRENZIED NIRVANA: BEHIND THE SCENES OF A POEM -- CHEEVER AT SING SING -- MS. HAVISHAM RE-INTRODUCES HERSELF--ON FIRE -- HISTORY AND THE 'HOOD -- VANISHING WOMAN--ANN STANFORD: IN MEMORIAM -- U-571: THE SILENT SCREEN -- TWO POEMS: EAST AND WEST, RIGHT AND LEFT--POLITICS THROUGH THE EYES OF POETRY -- SHAKESPEARE MEETS THE LONG GRAY LINE -- CODA -- PERMISSIONS CREDITS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- About the Author -- Copyright.
Abstract:
A vibrant and insightful essay collection about life as a poet in Southern California Poetry and Hollywood may not seem compatible in anyone's book. But acclaimed poet, novelist, and critic Carol Muske-Dukes finds common ground for both in meditations on movie sets and metaphors, on the big screen and the luminous focus of a haiku.I Married the Icepick Killer offers the reader ways to reimagine the Imagination itself. Former California Poet Laureate Muske-Dukes explores Southern California's unexpected poetry, from Emily Dickinson on freeway billboards to poet-script doctors rewriting action-flick dialogue. Moving personal essays recount the story of Muske-Dukes's romance with her late husband, actor David Coleman Dukes, whom she met in Italy and relocated with in Los Angeles. Muske-Dukes sharpens her astute gaze as she addresses contradictions and convergences between belle lettres and the ever-surprising City of Angels.This ebook was originally published as Married to the Icepick Killer.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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