Cold Comfort
Cold Comfort
Maggie Anderson
Series: Pitt Poetry Series
Copyright Date: 1986
Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3
Pages: 80
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt9qh7g3
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Cold Comfort
Book Description:

Cold Comfortis a book of poems written out of deep affection and concern for the world in a dangerous time. An urbane stylist, Anderson characteristically focuses on rural and small-town America, where the events of personal history intersect those of the larger world.

eISBN: 978-0-8229-7897-8
Subjects: Language & Literature
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. [i]-[viii])
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.1
  2. Table of Contents
    Table of Contents (pp. [ix]-[x])
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.2
  3. To Carry All of Us
    • COUNTRY WISDOMS
      COUNTRY WISDOMS (pp. 3-3)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.3
    • PALIMPSEST
      PALIMPSEST (pp. 4-5)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.4
    • RELATED TO THE SKY
      RELATED TO THE SKY (pp. 6-6)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.5
    • CEMETERY, SAINT JOSEPH’S SETTLEMENT
      CEMETERY, SAINT JOSEPH’S SETTLEMENT (pp. 7-7)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.6
    • WITH WINE
      WITH WINE (pp. 8-8)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.7
    • THE WASH IN MY GRANDMOTHER’S ARMS
      THE WASH IN MY GRANDMOTHER’S ARMS (pp. 9-9)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.8
    • GRAY
      GRAY (pp. 10-10)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.9
    • TO CARRY ALL OF US
      TO CARRY ALL OF US (pp. 11-11)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.10
    • WHAT I’M LEARNING FROM YOUR CHILDHOOD
      WHAT I’M LEARNING FROM YOUR CHILDHOOD (pp. 12-12)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.11
  4. Belongings
    • AS CLOSE
      AS CLOSE (pp. 15-15)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.12
    • SPITTING IN THE LEAVES
      SPITTING IN THE LEAVES (pp. 16-16)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.13
    • THE CHOICES OF HORSES
      THE CHOICES OF HORSES (pp. 17-17)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.14
    • BELONGINGS
      BELONGINGS (pp. 18-18)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.15
    • INDEPENDENCE DAY, TERRA ALTA, WEST VIRGINIA, 1935
      INDEPENDENCE DAY, TERRA ALTA, WEST VIRGINIA, 1935 (pp. 19-19)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.16
    • AMONG ELMS AND MAPLES, MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA, AUGUST, 1935
      AMONG ELMS AND MAPLES, MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA, AUGUST, 1935 (pp. 20-20)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.17
    • MINING CAMP RESIDENTS, WEST VIRGINIA, JULY, 1935
      MINING CAMP RESIDENTS, WEST VIRGINIA, JULY, 1935 (pp. 21-21)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.18
    • STREET SCENE, MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA, 1935
      STREET SCENE, MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA, 1935 (pp. 22-22)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.19
    • HOUSE AND GRAVEYARD, ROWLESBURG, WEST VIRGINIA, 1935
      HOUSE AND GRAVEYARD, ROWLESBURG, WEST VIRGINIA, 1935 (pp. 23-24)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.20
  5. Dream Vegetables
    • THE ARTIST
      THE ARTIST (pp. 27-28)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.21
    • TO DRAW PICTURES
      TO DRAW PICTURES (pp. 29-29)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.22
    • EXPOSURE
      EXPOSURE (pp. 30-30)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.23
    • FALLING
      FALLING (pp. 31-31)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.24
    • EXAMINATION
      EXAMINATION (pp. 32-32)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.25
    • NIGHTMARE
      NIGHTMARE (pp. 33-33)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.26
    • INSOMNIA
      INSOMNIA (pp. 34-34)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.27
    • RECURRING
      RECURRING (pp. 35-35)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.28
    • FLYING
      FLYING (pp. 36-36)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.29
    • NAP DREAMS
      NAP DREAMS (pp. 37-37)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.30
    • SWEET RESIN
      SWEET RESIN (pp. 38-38)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.31
    • ART IN AMERICA
      ART IN AMERICA (pp. 39-40)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.32
  6. In Singing Weather
    In Singing Weather (pp. 43-50)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.33
  7. Heart Fire
    • SMALL CITIZENS
      SMALL CITIZENS (pp. 53-53)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.34
    • THE ONLY JAZZ BAR IN SALT LAKE
      THE ONLY JAZZ BAR IN SALT LAKE (pp. 54-54)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.35
    • IN MY MOTHER’S HOUSE
      IN MY MOTHER’S HOUSE (pp. 55-55)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.36
    • THE THING YOU MUST REMEMBER
      THE THING YOU MUST REMEMBER (pp. 56-56)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.37
    • FAR
      FAR (pp. 57-57)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.38
    • A SMALL PAUSE SURROUNDED BY THE WEATHER
      A SMALL PAUSE SURROUNDED BY THE WEATHER (pp. 58-58)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.39
    • BEFORE WINTER
      BEFORE WINTER (pp. 59-59)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.40
    • HEART FIRE
      HEART FIRE (pp. 60-61)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.41
    • ANYTHING WE LEAVE FOREVER
      ANYTHING WE LEAVE FOREVER (pp. 62-62)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.42
    • CIVILIZATION
      CIVILIZATION (pp. 63-66)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.43
  8. NOTES
    NOTES (pp. 67-67)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.44
  9. Back Matter
    Back Matter (pp. 68-69)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7g3.45