01500cam a2200253 4500 1672952206 TxAuBib 20240101120000.0 020315t20001995||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780375708428 0375708421 (OCoLC)44051896 NLC eng NLC FGA BAKER YDXCP CDX CNCGM BPLCP BDX CIN TxAuBib Carson, Anne, 1950- Plainwater : essays and poetry / Anne Carson. 1st Vintage Contemporaries ed. New York : Vintage Contemporaries, 2000. ©1995. 260 p. ; 21 cm. Pt. I. Mimnermos: The Brainsex Paintings -- Pt. II. Short Talks -- Pt. III. Canicula di Anna -- Pt. IV. The Life of Towns -- Pt. V. The Anthropology of Water. "Plainwater brings together five selections from Anne Carson's growing body of highly praised work." "Included are Mimnermos: The Brainsex Paintings, a present-day dialogue with a poet of the seventh century BC; Short Talks, one-minute lectures on topics as diverse as trout and Parmenides; Canicula di Anna, a chronicle of a phenomenology conference conducted in Perugia, Italy; The Life of Towns, verbal photographs that capture the essence of the nearly extinct "town"; and The Anthropology of Water, a travelogue of three moments in the journey of a woman's life."--BOOK JACKET. 20240101. Poetry Collections.