Wrong
Wrong
poems by Reginald Shepherd
Series: Pitt Poetry Series
Copyright Date: 1999
Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p
Pages: 112
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt7zw94p
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Wrong
Book Description:

The poems of Reginald Shepherd's third book move among, mix, and manufacture stories, seeking to redefine the meaning of mythology. From the ruined representatives of Greek divinity (broken statues and fragmented stories), and the dazzling extravagances of predecessors like Hart Crane and Wallace Stevens, to the fleeting promises of popular music and the laconic demigods of the contemporary gay subculture, they sketch maps of a world in which desire may find a restless home. But desire leads the maps astray and maps mislead desire. The poems poems both enact language's powers to create a world and enforce the world's insistence (material, social, sexual, racial, historical) that mind (and body) surrender to circumstance. The struggle between these two halves that will never make a whole produces new myths of occasion, "packing the rifts/with sleeplessness, filling the gaps with lack." In that space between promise and deprivation,Wrongbuilds its song.

eISBN: 978-0-8229-7970-8
Subjects: Language & Literature
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. [i]-[vi])
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.1
  2. Table of Contents
    Table of Contents (pp. [vii]-[viii])
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.2
  3. Before
    Before (pp. 3-4)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.3
  4. PART I
    • Geology of Water
      Geology of Water (pp. 7-9)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.4
    • Kneeling Self-Portrait
      Kneeling Self-Portrait (pp. 10-10)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.5
    • At the End of Outside
      At the End of Outside (pp. 11-11)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.6
    • Antibody
      Antibody (pp. 12-13)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.7
    • Another Unclassical Eclogue
      Another Unclassical Eclogue (pp. 14-15)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.8
    • Placet Futile
      Placet Futile (pp. 16-16)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.9
    • The Beautiful
      The Beautiful (pp. 17-18)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.10
    • Salt Point
      Salt Point (pp. 19-20)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.11
    • Deepest of the Great Lakes, Largest Too
      Deepest of the Great Lakes, Largest Too (pp. 21-21)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.12
    • Where It Passes, Untouchable
      Where It Passes, Untouchable (pp. 22-22)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.13
    • Lens
      Lens (pp. 23-23)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.14
    • Acmeist Night
      Acmeist Night (pp. 24-24)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.15
    • Surface Effects in Summer Wind
      Surface Effects in Summer Wind (pp. 25-25)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.16
    • Narcissus Poetica
      Narcissus Poetica (pp. 26-27)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.17
    • Solstice as Demon Lover
      Solstice as Demon Lover (pp. 28-29)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.18
    • Vampires
      Vampires (pp. 30-30)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.19
  5. PART II
    • Hermes, the Trickster
      Hermes, the Trickster (pp. 33-34)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.20
    • Another Conversation With the Moon
      Another Conversation With the Moon (pp. 35-35)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.21
    • About a Boy
      About a Boy (pp. 36-37)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.22
    • Another Movable Feast
      Another Movable Feast (pp. 38-39)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.23
    • Locale
      Locale (pp. 40-40)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.24
    • Who Owns the Night and Leases Stars
      Who Owns the Night and Leases Stars (pp. 41-41)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.25
    • Moonlight on Endymion’s Sleep
      Moonlight on Endymion’s Sleep (pp. 42-42)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.26
    • Princes
      Princes (pp. 43-43)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.27
    • False Nocturne
      False Nocturne (pp. 44-44)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.28
    • Popular Music of the Forties
      Popular Music of the Forties (pp. 45-46)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.29
    • Saint Hyacinth
      Saint Hyacinth (pp. 47-47)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.30
    • Miscegenation
      Miscegenation (pp. 48-48)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.31
    • A Photo of the Berberini Faun
      A Photo of the Berberini Faun (pp. 49-50)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.32
    • That Man
      That Man (pp. 51-54)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.33
  6. PART III
    • Littler Sonnet
      Littler Sonnet (pp. 57-58)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.34
    • To the Southern Cross as It Disappears
      To the Southern Cross as It Disappears (pp. 59-60)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.35
    • Some Maps
      Some Maps (pp. 61-62)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.36
    • This History of His Body
      This History of His Body (pp. 63-63)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.37
    • Proprioception
      Proprioception (pp. 64-65)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.38
    • Brightens
      Brightens (pp. 66-67)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.39
    • From the World of Matter
      From the World of Matter (pp. 68-69)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.40
    • Seven Little Songs About the Moon
      Seven Little Songs About the Moon (pp. 70-71)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.41
    • Motive
      Motive (pp. 72-72)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.42
    • Dear Blackbird
      Dear Blackbird (pp. 73-73)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.43
    • Cities for Carter
      Cities for Carter (pp. 74-75)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.44
    • Also Love You
      Also Love You (pp. 76-78)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.45
  7. PART IV
    • Nights and Days of Nineteen-Something
      Nights and Days of Nineteen-Something (pp. 81-83)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.46
    • Crepuscular
      Crepuscular (pp. 84-84)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.47
    • Telemachus on the Waterfront
      Telemachus on the Waterfront (pp. 85-87)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.48
    • At the Grave of Hart Crane
      At the Grave of Hart Crane (pp. 88-89)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.49
    • Icarus on Fire Island
      Icarus on Fire Island (pp. 90-90)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.50
    • The Little Mermaid’s Fortune Teller
      The Little Mermaid’s Fortune Teller (pp. 91-91)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.51
    • Shipwreck and Drift
      Shipwreck and Drift (pp. 92-93)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.52
    • Michael Who Walks by Night
      Michael Who Walks by Night (pp. 94-95)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.53
    • S’il Meurt
      S’il Meurt (pp. 96-97)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.54
    • L’Après-Midi
      L’Après-Midi (pp. 98-99)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.55
    • World
      World (pp. 100-102)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.56
  8. Acknowledgments
    Acknowledgments (pp. 103-104)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt7zw94p.57