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Synopsis
Although these poems are informed by a lifetime of living in the Ozarks, readers will not find the over-wrought sentimentality, tired stereotypes, or visions of an indestructible, primeval wilderness that have too often colored writing set in this region. Instead, these poems recognize the attributes and faults of the past and present, challenge the clichéd representations of place, and engage the experiences of small and independent farmers--a group largely ignored in depictions of the region. These poems also move beyond the Ozarks by addressing a number of universal concerns, such as urban sprawl, the devaluation of manual labor, a diminished sense of place, the loss of small communities, and the fragility of the natural environment.
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Howerton looks aboutand reads the landscape . . . . He sees strata, as archaeologist might. . . .Time is never kind. Or unkind. It just is. And does.
Adam BrookeDavis
TrumanState University
Skilled at seeingbelow the surface, Howerton shows us how the people and landscape shape eachother in the sometimes lush and sweltering, sometimes stark and cold geographyof southern Missouri and northern Arkansas.
Mary Christy
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Howerton's quiet, unassuming tone, eye for detail, and affiliation with mid-American farmland bring Ted Kooser and Jo McDougall to mind.
Hope Coulter
Author of The Wheel of Light
Director of the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation Program at Hendrix College
Phil Howerton takes . . . cliché-prone subjects and retrievesthem by refocusing, changing the angle of view, and noticing the less-noticed.. . . And from his noticing, we discover that even ordinary things haveun-ordinary depth.
Steve Wiegenstein
Author of Slant of Light, This Old World, and The Language of Trees
The poignant images in his verse disclose an intimacy born of experience, rather than mere observation. Jim Hamilton Author, editor, journalist
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