"Our only sin was not having what they thought was enough. And being forced to take what they called help."Pain and anger resonate deeply in the voice of "New Covenant Bound"'s central narrator. Forced from her homeland on the Tennessee River in the 1930s, she recounts the memory of upheaval and destruction caused by the Tennessee Valley Authority.The Western Kentucky area that now boasts beautiful, expansive bodies of water was once home to some 20,000 people, their houses, farms, townships and ancestral history. Residents were subjected to three waves of forced relocation to make way for...
"Our only sin was not having what they thought was enough. And being forced to take what they called help."Pain and anger resonate deeply in the voice...
How better to celebrate a young life than through words of love and longing and glints of hope? This collection by Yale Younger Poet T. Crunk pushes aside the waste of this world, holding open a bright door to limitless possibilities. In "Daybreak," the simple rhythm gives us that child's gaze, the curious wonder of insects who go about their business oblivious to Wall Street and Walmart. The centerpiece of the collection, "To His Son," a long poem of hopefulness, surveys the Universe through the wise father's eyes, bestowing on his son the blessings of nature and an attention to "duty"...
How better to celebrate a young life than through words of love and longing and glints of hope? This collection by Yale Younger Poet T. Crunk pushe...
