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The committee of men /

"James Ciano's debut collection, The Committee of Men, explores the cycles of violence men inflict on one another and themselves, examining how silence, shame, and inherited expectations shape masculine identity. Rooted in the speaker's experience as a college athlete from a family of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ciano, James (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Rochester, NY : Boa Editions, Ltd., 2026.
Edition:First edition.
Series:New poets of America series ; vol. 58.
Subjects:
poetry.
Poetry.
Poésie.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / David St. John
  • The committee of men (Haze)
  • God bless you be happy
  • The committee of men (Brothers)
  • Campanology
  • The committee of men (Belonging)
  • Coney Island baby
  • My father's locker
  • Repeated dream in which a brother appears
  • At Keats's grave
  • The committee of men (Autumn)
  • Do your best
  • The committee of men (Shopping)
  • The hand of God
  • Dai
  • The committee of men (Locker Room)
  • For years i needed several teeth pulled
  • The committee of men (Art)
  • The Lord God Bird is officially extinct
  • Spilt
  • LA looks
  • The committee of men (Summer)
  • In which you draw my portrait and the restaurant closes around us
  • The committee of men (Referendum)
  • The angel of grief weeping over the dismantled altar of life
  • First
  • Repeated poem in which a brother appears
  • Night gardening
  • The committee of men (Keeper)
  • Widow Jane Mine, Rosendale, NY
  • The return stroke
  • The committee of men (Our Father Is Away)
  • Life.