Murder Ballad Contributor(s): Springer, Jane (Author) |
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ISBN: 1882295935 ISBN-13: 9781882295937 Publisher: Alice James Books OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | Women Authors - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - General |
Dewey: 811.6 |
LCCN: 2011049177 |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.9" W x 6.9" (0.30 lbs) 80 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: On one hand Murder Ballad is a fierce critique of Jane Springer's Southern inheritance, on the other these poems quickly reveal the enigmatic beauty and sharply ironic humor contained in the still-relevant colloquialisms that often shape her characters. Her loose definitions of Southern-isms are the jumping-off place for the masterful poet as she leaps, narrates, and redefines the American South. From Pretty As You Please: Then when you're nightfishing the Mississippi & catching a bucket of nothing, Jane Springer's first book Dear Blackbird (University of Utah Press, 2007) won the Agha Shahid Ali Poetry Prize. Her other awards include an AWP Intro Prize, the Robert Penn Warren Prize for Poetry, an NEA fellowship, and a Whiting Writers Award. She teaches poetry at Hamilton College in upstate New York, where she lives with her husband, son, and two dogs. Her poems have appeared in or are forthcoming from such places as Fugue, Oxford American, and The Southern Review. |