This book including sections about Sexsmith the Dentist and Abraham Lincoln's supposed lover Ann Rutledge.
In one section of this work, a woman accepts her husband's "story of being kidnapped by pirates on Lake Michigan" to preserve their marriage. One of its sections tells a "joke of cosmic size" from Professor Newcomer. One character in this work asks why everyone lets Dora and Benjamin Pantier's son and his lover make a resting place their "unholy pillow." This book including sections about Sexsmith the Dentist and Abraham Lincoln's supposed lover Ann Rutledge. It opens with a poem about Elmer, Herman, Ella and Kate, all of whom are "sleeping on the hill." For 10 points, identify this book of poetry about some dead Midwesterners, by Edgar Lee Masters.
In one section of this work, a woman accepts her husband's "story of being kidnapped by pirates on Lake Michigan" to preserve their marriage.
{Spoon} River Anthology