| These I Would Keep: Selected Poems by the Poet Laureates of Alabama Contributor(s): Blackshear, Helen F. (Editor), Siegelman, Don (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1588380009 ISBN-13: 9781588380005 Publisher: NewSouth Books OUR PRICE: $18.90 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2000 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: This little volume, collected and edited by beloved author Helen Blackshear, features the work of nine writers who have served as poet laureates of the state, including that of Blackshear herself and of acclaimed writer and present poet laureate Helen Norris. This collection also preserves in one place the poems of the rest of the laureates, some of our state's finest and dearest poets: Dr. Samuel Minturn Peck, Bert Henderson, Mary B. Ward, Carl P. Morton, Ralph Hammond, Morton D. Prouty, Jr., and William Young Elliott. "Poetry speaks in many tongues", writes Carl Morton in one poem included in this volume. These I Would Keep generously captures them all. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Anthologies (multiple Authors) - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 810.008 |
| LCCN: 00060960 |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 5.5" W x 7" (0.53 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Deep South - Geographic Orientation - Alabama |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This little volume, collected and edited by beloved author Helen Blackshear, features the work of nine writers who have served as poet laureates of the state, including that of Blackshear herself and of acclaimed writer and present poet laureate Helen Norris. This collection also preserves in one place the poems of the rest of the laureates, some of our state's finest and dearest poets: Dr. Samuel Minturn Peck, Bert Henderson, Mary B. Ward, Carl P. Morton, Ralph Hammond, Morton D. Prouty Jr., and William Young Elliott. "Poetry speaks in many tongues," writes Carl Morton in one poem included in this volume. These I Would Keep generously captures them all. |
Contributor Bio(s): Siegelman, Don: - Don Siegelman was the fifty-first governor of Alabama.Blackshear, Helen: - Helen Friedman Blackshear served from 1995 to 1999 as Alabama's eighth poet laureate. A native and present resident of Tuscaloosa, she lived in Montgomery from 1934 to 2003. She has three daughters, eight grandchildren, and fourteen great-grandchildren. A graduate of Agnes Scott College, she also has an M.A. from the University of Alabama. She is the author of Mother Was a Rebel, Southern Smorgasbord, Creek Captives, Alabama Album, Silver Songs and From Peddler to Philanthropist: The Friedman Story. She also edited These I Would Keep, an anthology of poems by Alabama's first through ninth poet laureates. She has served as treasurer and vice-president of the Alabama Poetry Society and as president of the Alabama Writers' Conclave. She was Poet of the Year in 1986 and received the Distinguished Service Award from the Conclave in 1987. |