Poems of the American South by David Biespiel - ISBN: 9781841597959
Hardcover
Four centuries of Southern history and myth, captured in vibrant verse.

Poems of the American South

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  • Hardcover

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    15 April 2014

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Summary

This one-of-a-kind collection of poems about the American South ranges over four centuries of its dramatic history. The arc of poetry of the South, from slave songs to Confederate hymns to Civil War ballads, from Reconstruction turmoil to the Agrarian movement to the dazzling poetry of the New South, is richly varied and historically vibrant. No other region of the United States has been as mythologized as the South, nor contained as many fascinating, beguiling, and sometimes infuriating cont…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781841597959
ISBN-10:1841597953
Author:David Biespiel
Publisher:Everyman
Imprint:Everyman's Library
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:15 April 2014
Weight:230g
Dimensions:165mm x 114mm x 18mm
Series:Everyman's Library POCKET POETS
About The Author

David Biespiel

David Biespiel is a poet who was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, raised in Houston, Texas, and educated at Boston University, University of Maryland, and Stanford University. He is the founder of the Attic Institute in Portland, Oregon, an independent literary studio, and he teaches creative writing at Oregon State University. He is the author of five volumes of poetry, and the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship and a Stegner fellowship, and serves as a judge for the National Book Critics Circle Awards.

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