Women in Cars: Poems [Paperback]

Martha McFerren (Author)

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Another Martha Graham Routine
The Baby In The Bath
The Bad Southern Cooking Poem
Biographer, Where Are You?
Breakfast Included
Confederate Science Fiction
Cool Places
Die With It In You
Dog Suicide
Dormitory
Examples
Examples
Exercise
First Time
A Girl Who Loves Her Father
Him's Big Chill Trip
How To Get Published
Knees And Necks/new Orleans
Mabel Takes A Dive
A Metaphor Crosses The Road
Miss Clay's Establishment
A Moment Of Tribute
The Power Of Television
Pretty Woman
Private Club
Puremouth
Southern Gothic
Story Lady
Sunglasses, 1970; The Rest, 1987
Through A Door
Train/time/train
Tripartite
Weird Doctors
When I Get There
Women In Cars
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

Product Details

• Paperback: 65 pages
• Publisher: Helicon Nine Editions; 1st edition (October 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0962746061
• ISBN-13: 978-0962746062
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,754,967 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Female Southern Poet of note, August 5, 2004

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E. Winn (San Diego, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Women in Cars: Poems (Paperback)

Martha McFerren's poetry, while on the prosy side, is narrative genius. Her incisive and, at times, biting insights into human nature, Southern existence, life as a woman, and a writer's plight are thought-provoking and hilarious by turns. I laughed aloud during "Southern Gothic" and "Weird Doctors", and "Dog Suicide" is a mantra for all struggling non-sentimentalists. Every poem in this book, in fact, is a gem. McFerren's work is worthy of much wider circulation.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fast pace, engaging, brilliant use of language, January 31, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Women in Cars: Poems (Paperback)

Martha McFerren is simply one of the best poets I know. Her poetry deals with themes of popular culture and the wacky juxtapositions contemporary life serves up as daily fare. A fascinating, multi-layered, often hilarious excursion down the great metaphorical U.S. highway...ride on.