The Made Thing: An Anthology of Contemporary Southern Poetry - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0938626787 ISBN 13: 9780938626787

Publisher: Univ of Arkansas Pr, 1987

Synopsis

More than 275 poems by 62 of the most important southern poets plus a small photo and mini-bio of each poet. All the well-knowns plus lots of great lesser-knowns. Poets included in this volume: RALPH ADAMO, BETTY ADCOCK, JAMES APPLEWHITE, ALVIN AUBERT, GERALD BARRAX, JOHN BENSKO, DC BERRY, WENDELL BERRY, DAVID BOTTOMS, EDGAR BOWERS, VAN K. BROCK, JACK BUTLER, TURNER CASSITY, FRED CHAPPELL, JOHN WILLIAM CORRINGTON, JAMES DICKEY, R.H.W. DILLARD, GEORGE GARRETT, MARGARET GIBSON, R.S. GWYNN, ANDREW HUDGINS, T.R. HUMMER, RANDALL JARRELL, RODNEYJONES, DONALD JUSTICE, ETHERIDGE KNIGHT, YUSEF KOMUNYAIOKA, SUSAN LUDVIGSON, EVERETTE MADDOX, CLEOPATRA MATHIS, WALTER MCDONALD, HEATHER ROSS MILLER, JIM WAYNE MILLER, VASSAR MILLER, WILLIAM MILLS, ROBERT MORGAN, NAOMI SHIHAB NYE, BRENDA MARIE OSBEY, THOMAS RABBITT, BIN RAMKE, PAULA RANKIN, PATTIANN ROGERS, GIBBONS RUARK, LARRY RUBIN, JAMES SEAY, DAVE SMITH, FRANK STANFORD, JAMES STILL, LEON STOKESBURY, JOHN STONE, DABNEY STUART, HENRY TAYLOR, RICHARD TILLINGHAST, ELLEN BRYANT VOIGT, ALICE WALKER, ROBERT PENN WARREN, JAMES WHITEHEAD,,MILLER WILLIAMS, C.D. WRIGHT, CHARLES WRIGHT

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

The second edition features twelve new poets as well as new work by Donald Justice, T. R. Hummer, Dave Smith, Pattiann Rogers, Andrew Hudgins, Henry Taylor, Gerald Barrax, Rodney Jones, and others. Among the new additions are Mark Jarman, Cathy Smith Bowers, and Charlie Smith. Many teachers realize that the best way to get their students to relate to poetry is to show them poems that contain landscapes and subjects they understand and can identify with. Leon Stokesbury has put together a richly varied collection used in classrooms not only in the South but all over the country as a means of studying the important influence of southern poetry on American literature. With the publication of the second edition of The Made Thing, Stokesbury has marked the end of the twentieth century and the rise to prominence of southern writers. This collection serves as a substantial sampling of poets whose works span more than five decades and who explore the rich personal and cultural history that extends beyond the boundaries of the South.

About the Author:

Leon Stokesbury was the first winner of the Porter Fund Award for Literary Excellence. His books of poetry include Often in Different Landscapes (1976), The Drifting Away (1986), and Autumn Rhythm (1996), for which he won the Poets' Prize for 1998. In addition to editing the first and second edition of The Made Thing, he also edited Articles of War: A Collection of Poetry about World War II (The University of Arkansas Press, 1990). Dr. Stokesbury currently teaches in the graduate creative writing program at Georgia State University in Atlanta.

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ of Arkansas Pr
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0938626787
• ISBN 13: 9780938626787
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 350
• Editor: Stokesbury Leon