The Helens of Troy, New York

Bernadette Mayer

Pamphlets series

An ambitious, playful look at identity, myth, and history

The Helens of Troy, New York

Poetry by Bernadette Mayer

Profiles of all the women named Helen in Troy, NY, with poems and images, mixing the classical with the ordinary and delightful intelligence with irreverence.

everybody died there’s nothing more to say my hair’s braided like a family i took off, it was fun, i loved it if you did something wrong, they punished you one helen is enough, trust me
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Paperback(published Mar, 26 2013)

ISBN
9780811220422
Price US
10.95
Price CN
11.99
Page Count
48
Portrait of Bernadette Mayer

Bernadette Mayer

Contemporary American Poet