In the Night Orchard

New and Selected Poems
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-937875-65-7
Verlag: Trp: The University Press of Shsu

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 259 g

In the Night Orchard is a retrospective collection of poems gleaned from over three decades of writing by a poet absorbed by nature and culture in the American South. These often-narrative poems are concerned with history, race, indigenous music, the many Southern dialects and customs and the quest for authentic identity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, R T

Über Autor(innen)

R. T. Smith is writer-in-residence at Washington & Lee University, USA, where he has edited Shenandoah since 1995. His collections of poetry include The Red Wolf: A Dream of Flannery O’Connor, Brightwood, Trespasser, Messenger and Outlaw Style, the last two of which received the Library of Virginia Poetry Book of the Year Prize.