The Language They Speak Is Things to Eat: Poems by Fifteen Contemporary North Carolina Poets - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807821721 ISBN 13: 9780807821725

Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, 1994

Synopsis

North Carolina is well known for its fiction writers, but the state is also home to a number of the nation’s best poets. In the past few decades, these poets have produced memorable work and received numerous honors. A companion to the contemporary North Carolina fiction anthology The Rough Road Home (1992), this book provides a substantial sampling of their recent bounty. Poet Michael McFee has chosen from eight to twenty poems by each of fifteen poets. There is a refreshing diversity in the voices, from James Applewhite’s down east tobacco farmer to Gerald Barrax’s passionate urban man to Kathryn Stripling Byer’s isolated mountain woman. The humor ranges from Maya Angelou’s serious wit to Jonathan Williams’s verbal improvisations. And there is a healthy variety in form and tone, from A. R. Ammons’s free verse ruminations to Fred Chappell’s vigorous, witty narratives in traditional forms. But there is also a fundamental unity to these poets. They are all North Carolina writers, who were born in or have long lived in the state, and whose verbal consciousness has been shaped by the very nature of the place. Most importantly, they are all poets we can read with appreciation and great pleasure. contributors Betty Adcock A. R. Ammons Maya Angelou James Applewhite Gerald Barrax Kathryn Stripling Byer Fred Chappell William Harmon Susan Ludvigson Michael McFee Heather Ross Miller Robert Morgan Reynolds Price James Seay Jonathan Williams

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Review

This 'bouquet' has a delightful aroma-varied, and pungent with a sense of place."Publishers Weekly" Editor Michael McFee, working with the University of North Carolina Press, has done an admirable job."Southern Humanities Review" This 'bouquet' has a delightful aroma--varied, and pungent with a sense of place."Publishers Weekly" The poems McFee has chosen . . . begin immediately to yield delight that increases upon further reflection and study."Georgia Review" "Editor Michael McFee, working with the University of North Carolina Press, has done an admirable job."Southern Humanities Review"" Cheers to Michael McFee and the University of North Carolina Press for letting these voices be heard.Raleigh "News and Observer" "This 'bouquet' has a delightful aroma--varied, and pungent with a sense of place."Publishers Weekly"" This is a wonderful collection of many years of serious work."North Carolina Libraries"

From the Back Cover

Poet Michael McFee has chosen from eight to twenty poems by each of fifteen contemporary poets. There is a refreshing diversity in the voices, from James Applewhite's down east tobacco farmer to Gerald Barrax's passionate urban man to Kathryn Stripling Byer's isolated mountain woman.

Edition details

• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807821721
• ISBN 13: 9780807821725
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296
• Editor: McFee Michael