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Allison Joseph. Confessions of a Barefaced Woman
Confessions of a Barefaced Woman
poems
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CONTENTS
ON THE SUBWAY
IN THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
FUTURE DOCTOR
BAD DOGS
FIRST SCHOOL DANCE
FATHER’S MOTHER
READING ROOM
CHILDHOOD BALLADE
GROWN-UP SHOES
PERFECT RIDE
SPIRIT OF ’76
LITTLE BROTHERS
ADVICE ON BEING A PESKY LITTLE SISTER
PENMANSHIP
NOTHING BUT WORDS
MY TUTOR
FOR BEAUTY’S SAKE
DINNER HOUR
FIRST CONCERT
ADOLESCENT CONFESSION
POEM FOR THE PURCHASE OF A FIRST BRA
ELEGY FOR RICK JAMES
O HOLY NIGHT
BIRTH OF A NATION
FOR MY BROTHER
SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS ARE WHITE PEOPLE
HEADSTONE
AFTER SHAVING MY HEAD, I BEGIN TO THINK BEAUTY IS OVERRATED
CONFESSIONS OF A BAREFACED WOMAN
A HISTORY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HAIR
TO BE YOUNG, NOT-SO-GIFTED, AND BLACK
THE RELUCTANT INTEGRATIONIST
GRACE JONES AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
THE OTHER ALLISON
VACATIONS
EX-NEW YORKERS
THE AISLES OF MISFIT EQUIPMENT
THE VAGINA BUSINESS
IN PRAISE OF THE PENIS
VENUS DE MILO TAKES A SEXUAL ENLIGHTENMENT FOR WOMEN CLASS
NAPE
WHY MEN WHISTLE
ON VIEWING TWO DIFFERENT DATE RAPE MOVIES
JANIS JOPLIN VISITS CHEERLEADING CAMP
ROLE MODELS
DAUGHTER, MOTHER, SISTER, WIFE
WHAT WOMEN WANT
BAD MEALS THREATEN OUR MARRIAGE
FLIRTATION
JUNK FOOD
DINNER PARTY
WHY I’M NOT A SCHOLAR
IT WASN’T A LOVE CONNECTION
THE IDEAL LISTENER
HOMAGE TO LEONARDO DREW’S NUMBER 8
I LOVE YOU, JIMMY POQUETTE
BALLADE FOR DOROTHY PARKER
MISERY: A GUIDE
THE LIARS
REGRETS
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
