The physics of imaginary objects /
"In these stories magical things happen in very ordinary places. A bottomless hole opens up in a Midwestern town. A pregnant woman's house becomes a magnet for wildlife. The pulling of a tooth maps a journey into the heart. The daily news becomes a litany of omens, superstitions, and visit...
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Pittsburgh :
University of Pittsburgh Press,
[2010]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Visitations
- Erratum: insert "R" in "Transgressors"
- Skinny girl's constitution and bylaws
- Kick
- For dear Pearl, who drowned
- Faith is three parts formaldehyde, one part ethyl alcohol
- Last night of the county fair
- A crown of sonnets dedicated to long-gone love
- By the gleam of her teeth, she will light the path before her
- Gravetending
- In your endeavors, you may feel my ghostly presence
- The woman who fell in love with a meteorologist and stopped the rain
- This is a love story, too
- How to remember a bird
- There is a factory in Sierra Vista where Jesus is resurrected every hour in hot plastic and the stench of chicken
- All the day's sad stories: a novella.