The Follower;s Tale

These poems are about driving and exploring, music and heartache, and one poet's fascination with the Backwoods Barbie of Tennessee and Hollywood. This book paints with tongue-in-cheek reverence an offbeat picture of where America fits today in a world turning under the shadows of pop culture icons. With diversions to Milwaukee, New Orleans, Paris, and other places far and wide, The Follower's Tale does for Dollywood what Ulysses did for Dublin. Powers lives in Wisconsin.

Stephen Roger Powers was born in Madison, Wisconsin, and grew up in the cornfields of nearby Sun Prairie. While working on his PhD in English he wrote a stand-up act about his hearing impairment and performed for several years in comedy clubs and casinos around the American Midwest. Today he splits his time between Milwaukee and Georgia, where he teaches at Gordon College and enjoys the beaches of Tybee Island. The Follower's Tale is his first book.