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The Vivian Poems

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The Vivian Poems

By Bruce RiceNarrated by Zoé Beaulieu Prpick

The Vivian Poems

Length1h 42m

About this audiobook

These poems peel back the layers of suburban life and the American Dream. Vivian Maier was a self-taught street photographer who worked as a nanny for wealthy employers in New York and Chicago. The poet imagines her as a documentarian who is compassionate, abrasive, and meditative, while her subjects provide their own narrative. More than anything, the poems are a response to her work, which is all we have that comes directly from her. It is a deliberate challenge to the "mystery nanny" she is reduced to in much of the constructed narrative of her life.

Audiobook details

GenrePoetry

Length1 hr 42 mins

Narrated byZoé Beaulieu Prpick

FormatAudiobook

Publish dateMay 12, 2022

LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Chapter 1 - The Vivian Poems

18Chapter 18 - The Vivian Poems

2Chapter 2 - The Vivian Poems

19Chapter 19 - The Vivian Poems

3Chapter 3 - The Vivian Poems

20Chapter 20 - The Vivian Poems

4Chapter 4 - The Vivian Poems

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5Chapter 5 - The Vivian Poems

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