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Author:   Rochelle Hurt
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Weight:   0.118kg
ISBN:  

9780253060600

ISBN 10:   0253060605
Pages:   92
Publication Date:   29 March 2022
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface Cast List Opening Credits: Adoration of the J Girls Episode 1: The J Girls Get High Less is More Jen's Prayer for Effacement Wifebeaters Middling Thigh High Ode on My Upspeak Commercial Break: Bath & Body Works Pastoral Episode 2: The J Girls Chase Tail To My '81 Chevy Celebrity Weeknight Jen's Prayer for Containment Ode to the C Word The Birth of Anger at the Roller Skating Rink Origins & Outcomes The Cut Felt Round the World Commercial Break: Lip Smacker Fantasia Episode 3: The J Girls Give Face Pluralizing Mall Haunts Glitter Ode Demolition Derby Queens Dangling Modifier Ponytail Politic Cunts in Girls' Room oo yay & eye yay Commercial Break: Wet n Wild Romance Episode 4: The J Girls Get Caught (on Camera) Documentary What the Thief Learned to Take Early Jen's Prayer for Exposure Viral Ode to an Empty Womb Mimi Double Negative Commercial Break: Avon Grotesque Episode 5: The J Girls Reunion Y2K Confessions Episode 6: The J Girls Cash Out Selfward Silence is Golden— Circular Argument I Could Eat You Up Who Taught You That One? Can I Call You Ellie? McDonald's 4-ever Possessives End Credits: Beatitudes for Meek Girls Acknowledgments

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Startling and familiar, sometimes vulgar, often hilarious, and very sure of itself, The J Girls is, without a doubt, one of the best books I'll read this year. -- Lisa Summe * Cleveland Review of Books *

Author Information

Rochelle Hurt is a poet and essayist. Her other books include In Which I Play the Runaway, which won the Barrow Street Book Prize, and The Rusted City: A Novel in Poems. Her work has been included in Poetry magazine and the Best New Poets anthology series, and she's been awarded prizes and fellowships from Poetry International, Arts & Letters, Vermont Studio Center, Jentel, and Yaddo. Originally from Youngstown, Ohio, she now lives in Orlando and teaches in the MFA program at the University of Central Florida.

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