What Comes Down to Us
25 Contemporary Kentucky Poets
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2009
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-2557-2 (ISBN)
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-2557-2 (ISBN)
What Comes Down To Us features twenty-five of Kentucky's most accomplished contemporary poets. Worley's introduction places contemporary Kentucky poetry in the context of the state's rich literary tradition, and the poet biographies include their reflections and, often, their poetic approach and technique.
What Comes Down To Us features twenty-five of Kentucky's most accomplished contemporary poets. Together they serve to illustrate the diversity and richness of poetry being written today in the Commonwealth. The poems were collected by Jeff Worley, a poet who has lived in Kentucky for more than two decades. Although the subject matter of the poems transcends the state's borders, the collection communicates a strong sense of Kentucky as a place. Worley's introduction places contemporary Kentucky poetry in the context of the state's rich literary tradition, and the poet biographies include their reflections and, often, their poetic approach and technique.
What Comes Down To Us features twenty-five of Kentucky's most accomplished contemporary poets. Together they serve to illustrate the diversity and richness of poetry being written today in the Commonwealth. The poems were collected by Jeff Worley, a poet who has lived in Kentucky for more than two decades. Although the subject matter of the poems transcends the state's borders, the collection communicates a strong sense of Kentucky as a place. Worley's introduction places contemporary Kentucky poetry in the context of the state's rich literary tradition, and the poet biographies include their reflections and, often, their poetic approach and technique.
Ed McClanahan is a native of northeastern Kentucky and the author of several books, including The Natural Man and Not Even Immortality Lasts Forever. He is editor of Spit in the Ocean #7: All About Kesey, a memorial collection of writings about the late Ken Kesey. His work has appeared in magazines such as Esquire, Rolling Stone, and Playboy. He has also been awarded a Wallace Stegner Fellowship in creative writing at Stanford University, two Yaddo Fellowships, and an Al Smith Fellowship.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 27.11.2009 |
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Vorwort | Ed McClanahan |
Zusatzinfo | 25 photos |
Verlagsort | Lexington |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 127 x 203 mm |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Anthologien |
ISBN-10 | 0-8131-2557-X / 081312557X |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8131-2557-2 / 9780813125572 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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