| The Logan Topographies: Poems Contributor(s): Hairston, Alena (Author) |
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ISBN: 0892553294 ISBN-13: 9780892553297 Publisher: Persea Books OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2007 Annotation: A unique collection that delves deep into the consciousness of a West Virginian coal mining community. This extraordinary debut is an inhabiting of the town of Logan, West Virginia. In four gorgeous lyric sequences, Alena Hairston conducts the voices of this population of miners and their kin, poignantly rendering their destitution, their heartbreak, and their incongruous strength and spirit. Winner of Persea's inaugural Lexi Rudnitsky Poetry Prize, a first-book award for American women poets. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.6 |
| LCCN: 2006031899 |
| Series: Karen and Michael Braziller Books |
| Physical Information: 0.24" H x 7.24" W x 7.08" (0.28 lbs) 57 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - West Virginia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A unique collection that delves deep into the consciousness of a West Virginian coal mining community. This extraordinary debut is an inhabiting of the town of Logan, West Virginia. In four gorgeous lyric sequences, Alena Hairston conducts the voices of this population of miners and their kin, poignantly rendering their destitution, their heartbreak, and their incongruous strength and spirit. Winner of Persea's inaugural Lexi Rudnitsky Poetry Prize, a first-book award for American women poets. |