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limitlesslonging in a city that is itself withoutlimits.In these poems,the object ofdesire is decidedly missing,whetherthat object be love or beauty or the past.  \nShifting even within a single poem,and certainly from section to section,the objects of desire in Martha Ronk'spoetry become as elusive as theunnamed Marilyn Monroe—\"thatimage of another's skirts”—of the titlepoem,or the moment captured in“Aphotograph as good as a picture”:  \nHe leans forward with such  \nfervor,yet isn't young and somethingdecidedly is happening,evento the beefy fellow in his whiteshort-sleeved shirt.A photograph—oh,perhaps not the same as aManet,but it is Auden,andfor whatever reason he stares atthe square flesh necklineof her dress.He is forwardin his chair,rumpled about  \nthe collar and everyone is wearingblack and white.It is the formaloccasion of how much he caresto be there,Venice,1951  \nand how much I care to see himno matter what for,longinglike that.  \nMoving from thwarted examples offamily and place to language and itscorruptions,from classical Japanese lovepoems to failed love in the southwesterndesert,from emotionality to artifice,thebook ends with a series focused on theslipperiness of all categories.  \nHIG⁹RuBLIC LTRAo  \nR007453717b  \nPS3568Ronk,Martha Clare..0574D4Desire in L.A1990  \nPSRonk,Martha C1are.  \nDesire in L.A  \n3568  \n\n| .0574  \u003Cbr>D4   |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| 1990   |  |\n|  |  |\n|  |  |\n| $14.9.5   |  |\n|  |  |\n| DATE   | BORROWER'S NAME   |\n|  |  |\n|  |  |\n|  |  |\n|  |  |\n\nTERAEE&    AB ISu47  \nDesire in L.A.  \n# Desire in L.A.\n\nPoems byMartha Clare Ronk  \nThe Universityof Georgia PressAthens and London  \n◎1990 by Martha Clare Ronk  \nPublished by the University of Georgia Press  \nAthens,Georgia 30602  \nAll rights reserved  \nDesigned by Betty Palmer McDaniel  \nSet in Walbaum  \nThe paper in this book meets the guidelines forpermanence and durability of the Committee onProduction Guidelines for Book Longevity of theCouncil on Library Resources.  \nPrinted in the United States of America949392919054321  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging in Publication DataRonk,Martha Clare.  \nDesire in L.A.:poems/by Martha Clare Ronk.  \np.cm.  \nISBN 0-8203-1175-8(alk.paper).一  \nISBN 0-8203-1176-6(pbk.:alk.paper)  \nI.Title.II.Title:Desire in L.A.  \nPS3568.0574D41990  \n89-34552  \n811'.54—dc20  \nCIP  \nBritish Library Cataloging in Publication Data available  \n4537174  \n1 3508  \nY  \n 1990","cbCaigOCCtMaN8Ky","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigOCCtMaN8Ky","pdf",2366623,112,"English","# Overview\n## Missing Object of Desire\n## Shifting Images and Elusive Moments\n## Language, Corruption, and Categories","[{\"question\":\"What drives the poems in Desire in L.A.?\",\"answer\":\"The poems center on limitless longing in a city that is itself without limits, while the object of desire is decidedly missing.\"},{\"question\":\"How does Ronk portray the object of desire?\",\"answer\":\"Even within a single poem and 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