A Table of Content: Poems

Dorothea Tanning

Graywolf Press, 2004 - Literary Criticism - 83 pages

The extraordinary first poetry collection by the renowned painter and sculptor Dorothea Tanning

Finally, on second, in bras. Bras swarming everywhere,
giant pink moths at rest, their empty cups clamoring,

"Fill me."
-from "End of the Day on Second"

Dorothea Tanning is an exceptional visual artist, and now, in her nineties, she has become an exceptional poet. In A Table of Content, we are made to see more clearly the city landscape, the creative impulse, and the worlds of potential disaster and sensual erotics with a vision that survives taste, trend, and time.

About the author

Dorothea Tanning (1910-2012) lived an extraordinary life as an artist and writer. She published two books of poetry, A Table of Content and Coming to That; two memoirs, Birthday and Between Lives: An Artist and Her World; and a novel, Chasm. In 2012, she died at the age of 101 at her home in New York City.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Table of Content: Poems
• Author: Dorothea Tanning
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Graywolf Press, 2004
• ISBN: 1555974023, 9781555974022
• Length: 83 pages
• Subjects: Literary Criticism / Poetry; Poetry / American / General; Poetry / General