Alabama: Poems (Southern Messenger Poets) - Softcover

Rodney Jones (author) & Dave Smith (series Edited By)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807180106 ISBN 13: 9780807180105

Publisher: LSU Press, 2023

Synopsis

Alabama focuses on a boy from a rural, fundamentalist community who becomes a pacifist, feminist, and existentialist poet. Labyrinth, meditation, fable, and peasant poem, formed from interleaved strands of prose vignettes and lineated poetry, this collection is at once a tale of cultural exile and familial loyalty, and an unflinching look at regional shame that doubles as a love story, all expressed with the intimate voice and vision of Rodney Jones.

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About the Author

One of the most honored poets of his generation, Rodney Jones has been praised for his narrative and lyrical skills, as well as the empathy, intelligence, accessibility, and original humor of his work. He is the author of eleven poetry books, including Salvation Blues, winner of the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, and Elegy for the Southern Drawl, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. In 2016, he became the second poet to be inducted into the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame.

Edition details

• Publisher: LSU Press
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807180106
• ISBN 13: 9780807180105
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 90