Brightwood: Poems - Hardcover

Smith, R. T.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 080712897X ISBN 13: 9780807128978

Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr, 2003

Synopsis

Written in the gothic tradition of James Dickey's Buckdancer's Choice, R.T. Smith's Brightwood contains 38 poems set in the American South. This intellectual and emotionally powerful collection is an interplay of southern music, religion and culture with nature.

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About the Author

R. T. Smith was raised in Georgia and North Carolina and now lives in Rockbridge County, Virginia. He is the author of twelve poetry collections -- including Messenger, winner of the Library of Virginia's Literary Award for Poetry -- and a book of short stories. His poems have appeared in Atlantic Monthly, Poetry, Kenyon Review, and Virginia Quarterly Review, among other fine journals. A recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Virginia Commission for the Arts, the Department of the Interior, and Arts International, he is the winner of the Salmon International Poetry Prize in Ireland and the Richard Hugo Award from Poetry Northwest. He is the editor of the literary quarterly Shenandoah at Washington and Lee University.

Review

"Among those who aspire to conjure the pure lyric from nature and narrative, R. T. Smith is surely one of the best."

Edition details

• Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080712897X
• ISBN 13: 9780807128978
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 72