Mysteries of Small Houses: Poems

by Alice Notley

Book Overview

A Pulitzer Prize Finalist
Winner of the Los Angeles Time Book Prize

Alice Notley vividly reconstructs the mysteries, longings, and emotions of her past in this brilliant collection of poems that charts her growth from young girl to young woman to accomplished artist. In this volume, memories of her childhood in the California desert spring to life through evocative renderings of the American landscape, circa 1950. Likewise, her...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140588965
• ISBN13: 9780140588965
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher