Continuity Girl [Paperback]

Chris Tysh (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2000

Poetry. Bold, erudite, witty, feminist and elegantly elegiac, CONTINUITY GIRL is a sweet surrender that works on the senses with its consummate dissonance and fierce lingual passion. The language moves and jags are revelatory: 'She is tired/ of explaining the etymology/ I hear it now: ska yellow fufu/ sucking teeth in/ between bites.' Chris Tysh rules with this major collection -- Anne Waldman.

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From the Back Cover

Bold, erudite, witty, feminist & elegantly elegiac, Continuity Girl is a sweet surrender that works on the senses with its consummate dissonacne & fierce lingual passion. The language moves & jags are revelatory: "She is tired/of explaining hte etymology/I hear it now: ska yellow fufu/sucking teeth in/between bites." Chris Tysh rules with this major collection -- Anne Waldman

About the Author

Chris Tysh was born and raised in Paris, and studied American literature at the Sorbonne. She was naturalized as a citizen of the United States on July 4th, 1998. Her critical study, Allen Ginsberg, was published in Paris by Editions Seghers in the series "Poetes d'Aujourd'hui." She teaches writing and women's studies at Wayne State University in Detroit. Her books include CLEAVAGE (Roof Books, 2004), CONTINUITY GIRL (United Artists Books, 2000), IN THE NAME (Past Tents Press, 1994), and COAT OF ARMS (Barrytown/Station Hill Press, 1992). Car men, a play in d premiered at The Detroit Institute of Arts in 1996, under the direction of Carla Harryman. She is a 2003 National Endowment for the Arts fellow.

Product Details

• Paperback: 86 pages
• Publisher: United Artists Books; 1st edition (January 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0935992103
• ISBN-13: 978-0935992106
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,173,367 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)