Synopsis
Over forty fine photographs and forty pages of poems that get to the heart of working lives in the Midwest. //
With a focused and indefatigable passion, Bruce Selyem has been photographing the simple elegance of grain elevators within the context of austere rural landscapes for fifteen years. Grain elevators remain fascinating and treasured landmarks in many Western communities, arousing contemplation and even reverence as historic and aesthetic icons. These qualities are readily apparent in the quiet beauty and studied compositions of Selyem's photographs. - Ellen Ornitz, Visual Arts Director, The Emerson & Beall Park, Bozeman //These are poems that spring from the ground like fresh seed, but never without human references. And it is the human references, in country circumstances, that make them familiar and understandable to everyone�.Whether he is writing about giving his father a haircut or questioning him about the Great Depression, Jon Volkmer knows farm-people intimately and describes them with bedrock wisdom in a world of tarpaper, boxcars, corn, propane tanks, drill bits, wooden elevators, concrete silos, flour mills, rats, ferrets and barn ladders. -Samuel Hazo
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About the Authors
Jon Volkmer directs the creative writing program at Ursinus College.�He received his Ph.D. in English from the University of Nebraska, his MA in Creative Writing from the University of Denver. He is widely published in poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction, in such journals as: Parnassus, Prairie Schooner, Seattle Review, Hellas, Carolina Quarterly, and Painted Bride Quarterly. �In 2002 he served as Poet Laureate of Montgomery County, PA, selected by Gerald Stern.
Bruce Selyem is a professional photographer with home base in Bozeman, Montana. With more than 4,000 grain elevator locations photographed in North America over a period of fifteen years, he still appreciates the unique architectural beauty of the elevator on the landscape. He has founded the Country Grain Elevator Historical Society to collect, preserve and share the elevator's legacy. His photos have appeared in numerous journals, magazines and books.
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This is a book of 40 poems and 40 fine photographs of the Country Grain Elevators
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This is a book of 40 poems and 40 fine photographs of the Country Grain Elevators
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