The Makings of Happiness
The Makings of Happiness
RONALD MALLACE
Series: Pitt Poetry Series
Copyright Date: 1991
Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4
Pages: 80
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt9qh5m4
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The Makings of Happiness
Book Description:

Wallace's poems cover the range of human experience: music, religion, sex, art, childhood, adolescence, nuclear war, illness, and death. But it's in his wit and good humor, against undercurrents of sorrow and grief that best characterize his poetry: part Emily Dickinson, and part Harpo Marx; part Woody Allen, and part Robert Frost.

eISBN: 978-0-8229-7894-7
Subjects: Language & Literature
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. [i]-[vi])
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.1
  2. Table of Contents
    Table of Contents (pp. [vii]-[viii])
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.2
  3. I. Early Brass
    • Early Brass
      Early Brass (pp. 3-3)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.3
    • Bluegills
      Bluegills (pp. 4-4)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.4
    • Fresh Oysters & Beer
      Fresh Oysters & Beer (pp. 5-6)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.5
    • Birdsong, Anyway
      Birdsong, Anyway (pp. 7-7)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.6
    • Rebounding
      Rebounding (pp. 8-9)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.7
    • Condoms
      Condoms (pp. 10-10)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.8
    • Camp Calvary
      Camp Calvary (pp. 11-11)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.9
    • Smoking
      Smoking (pp. 12-12)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.10
    • Love and Sex
      Love and Sex (pp. 13-13)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.11
    • Bible Stories
      Bible Stories (pp. 14-15)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.12
    • Off the Record
      Off the Record (pp. 16-16)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.13
    • Fan Mail
      Fan Mail (pp. 17-18)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.14
    • Speeding
      Speeding (pp. 19-20)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.15
  4. II. Breakdown
    • Breakdown
      Breakdown (pp. 23-24)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.16
    • Onions
      Onions (pp. 25-25)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.17
    • Hairpin
      Hairpin (pp. 26-26)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.18
    • Headlines
      Headlines (pp. 27-27)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.19
    • The Poetry Report
      The Poetry Report (pp. 28-28)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.20
    • At Forty
      At Forty (pp. 29-29)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.21
    • Turning Forty
      Turning Forty (pp. 30-30)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.22
    • Professor of Plums
      Professor of Plums (pp. 31-31)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.23
    • State Poetry Day
      State Poetry Day (pp. 32-32)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.24
    • The Dinner Party
      The Dinner Party (pp. 33-34)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.25
    • The Hell Mural: Panel I
      The Hell Mural: Panel I (pp. 35-36)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.26
    • The Hell Mural: Panel II
      The Hell Mural: Panel II (pp. 37-37)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.27
    • Fortunes
      Fortunes (pp. 38-40)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.28
  5. III. The Makings of Happiness
    • Building an Outhouse
      Building an Outhouse (pp. 43-43)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.29
    • Wiffle Ball
      Wiffle Ball (pp. 44-44)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.30
    • Basketball
      Basketball (pp. 45-45)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.31
    • Barn Swallows
      Barn Swallows (pp. 46-46)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.32
    • Frogs
      Frogs (pp. 47-47)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.33
    • Fall
      Fall (pp. 48-48)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.34
    • Poet in the Goat Yard
      Poet in the Goat Yard (pp. 49-49)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.35
    • Roosters
      Roosters (pp. 50-50)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.36
    • The Fox in the Berry Patch
      The Fox in the Berry Patch (pp. 51-51)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.37
    • Apple Cider
      Apple Cider (pp. 52-52)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.38
    • Astronomy
      Astronomy (pp. 53-53)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.39
    • Night in the Country
      Night in the Country (pp. 54-54)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.40
    • February, Full Moon
      February, Full Moon (pp. 55-55)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.41
    • February Thaw
      February Thaw (pp. 56-56)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.42
    • Prayer
      Prayer (pp. 57-57)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.43
    • Burning
      Burning (pp. 58-58)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.44
    • In the Amish Bakery
      In the Amish Bakery (pp. 59-59)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.45
    • The Fat of the Land
      The Fat of the Land (pp. 60-61)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.46
    • The Makings of Happiness
      The Makings of Happiness (pp. 62-64)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.47
  6. Back Matter
    Back Matter (pp. 65-67)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh5m4.48