Fishing with Blood

by Fleda Brown Jackson and Fleda Brown

The poet explains the origin of the poetry book's unusual title: A sure way to catch catfish and other bottom-feeders is to squeeze a ball of partially dried cow's blood around a hook. The blood dissolves slowly, spreading its tendrils of odor into the surrounding water. It's like the tight wad of blood relations out of which I keep flinging myself and my words, both to lure whatever is out there and to assure myself of how tightly I'm hooked to the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0911198946
• ISBN13: 9780911198942
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Purdue University Press
• Length: 74 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"