Loner Forensics

Thea Brown is the author of the chapbook We Are Fantastic and two previous poetry collections, Think of the Danger and Famous Times. Originally from the Hudson Valley in New York, she was a Truman Capote Fellow at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and now lives in Baltimore.

HEAD SOUTH, CATAFALQUE      6
THE ANNOTATOR  14
THE FORENSICS TEAM     15
THE MAYOR 16
THE PALM READER           18
THE AMATEURS     19
THE CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGIST, PART 1  20
THE CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGIST, PART 2  21
THE CURATOR        22
THE WEATHER        24
THE REGISTER        25
THE LUXURY CONSULTANT       26
THE FORENSICS TEAM     28
THE MUNICIPAL LANDSCAPER  29
THE FRAMER           31
THE INTERNIST       32
THE RIDER   33
THE CONCIERGE    34
THE CORRESPONDENT     35
THE RADIO PRODUCER    36
THE FLORIST           37
THE DIPLOMAT       38
THE JOURNALIST   39
THE FORENSICS TEAM     41
THE TWINS   42
THE STENOGRAPHER        44
THE INGENUE         45
THE CENTAUR        47
THE COLLECTOR    48
THE COPY EDITOR 49
THE RUNNER           50
THE ACTUARY        51
THE DANCER           52
THE MAKEUP COUNTER  53
THE BLOGGER        54
THE TALKING HEADS       55
THE HOUSEKEEPER           56
THE ADJUNCT         57
THE FORENSICS TEAM     59
THE PROVOST         60
THE DREAMBOAT  61
THE TELLER 63
THE SHOPPER          65
THE TEMP     66
THE TOUR GUIDE   67
THE NEOTRANSCENDENTALIST            68
THE FORENSICS TEAM     69
THE DESIGNER       70
THE NOSTALGIST   71
THE COPS     73
THE IMPALEMENT ARTIST          74
THE TRANSPLANT 75
THE POLLSTER       76
THE FORENSICS TEAM     78
THE INDUSTRIAL ARCHITECT    79
THE NARC    80
THE THIRD SHIFT   81
THE CARTOGRAPHER       83
THE BACKPACKER 84
THE FORENSICS TEAM     85
THE GROUNDSKEEPER     86
THE OPENING ACT 87
THE VISITOR IN THE HILLS         88
THE CRONE  89
THE MISANTHROPE           92
THE RINGMASTER 94
THE GARDENER     96
THE FORENSICS TEAM     97
THE DETECTIVE     98
 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 101