Coalseam: Poems from the Anthracite Region - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0940866544 ISBN 13: 9780940866546

Publisher: Fordham University Press, 1996

Synopsis

A collection of poems from 14 different voices, this anthology explores the Pennsylvania mining experience. It describes family life, the confluence of ethnic cultures, the brutality and danger of the mines and the scars left on souls and the environment.

About this title

About the Author:

Karen Blomain has published widely, including Black Diamond  and The Slap and a collection of poems, Borrowed Light. She is the recipient of the F. Lammot Belia Arts Award as well as awards from the Academy of American Poets and the Djerassi Foundation.  A native of the Archbald and Scranton areas of Pennsylvania, she now teaches professional writing at Kutztown University and lives in Uniondale with her husband, write and photographer Michael Downend.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0940866544
• ISBN 13: 9780940866546
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 386
• Editor: Blomain Karen