Migrants and Stowaways: An Anthology of Journeys - Softcover

9780964317833: Migrants and Stowaways: An Anthology of Journeys

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0964317834 ISBN 13: 9780964317833

Publisher: Knoxville Writers Guild, 2005

The sixth anthology from the Knoxville Writers’ Guild, Migrants and Stowaways: An Anthology of Journeys is a collection of poetry, stories, essays, memoirs, and black and white photography exploring the theme of journeys. In the writing and photography, international settings such as Panama, Croatia, Japan, Italy, and India complement regional pieces that focus on Tennessee and the surrounding states.Among the sixty-seven pieces comprising the volume are Marilyn Kallet’s poetic homages to her Great Aunt Hedwig, a holocaust survivor; Jack Rentfro’s prose poem to capture the serendipity of island life; and Judy Loest’s “Eve, Leaving the Garden for Good, 1953,” which sets the traditional Garden of

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Book Description:

“Richly diverse yet centered on the subject matter of inner and outer journeys.” —George Garrett, 2002 Poet Laureate of Virginiaand Henry Hoyns Professor Emeritus,University of Virginia“There is a kinship about this anthology born not only of the journey itself or even the idea of the journey but of the place left behind, its imprint and influence on the traveler. It’s a kind of longing, I think, for both the faraway and the near at hand. Beyond me to articulate but beautiful to read.”—Michael Knight, Director, Creative Writing Program, University of TennesseeThe sixth anthology from the Knoxville Writers’ Guild, Migrants and Stowaways: An Anthology of Journeys is a collection of poetry, stories, essays, memoirs, and black and white photography exploring the theme of journeys. In the writing and photography, international settings such as Panama, Croatia, Japan, Italy, and India complement regional pieces that focus on Tennessee and the surrounding states.Among the sixty-seven pieces comprising the volume are Marilyn Kallet’s poetic homages to her Great Aunt Hedwig, a holocaust survivor; Jack Rentfro’s prose poem to capture the serendipity of island life; and Judy Loest’s “Eve, Leaving the Garden for Good, 1953,” which sets the traditional Garden of

About the Author:

Fiction writer Emily Dziuban and poet Kristin Robertson teach writing at the University of Tennessee and serve on the board of the Knoxville Writers' Guild.

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