"As a territory, and later a state, Louisiana has survived French rule, Spanish rule, Rebel rule, and even Republican rule. And somehow the people and place have managed to retain their culture and character. Whether it's been the Natural State, the Dream State, or the Sportsman's Paradise, Louisiana has always been a state of resiliency, community, and joie de vivre. Poem by poem, the pages of "The Southern Anthology, Volume IV: Louisiana" demonstrate the variety and resiliency of a state that's overcome wars, hurricanes, and floods to make more of itself every time. The lines between these...
"As a territory, and later a state, Louisiana has survived French rule, Spanish rule, Rebel rule, and even Republican rule. And somehow the people and...
Edited by William Wright and Paul Ruffin, "The Southern Poetry Anthology, Volume V" Georgia brings together over one hundred of Georgia's poets, including David Bottoms, Natasha Trethewey, Leon Stokesbury, Thomas Lux, Kathryn Stripling Byer, Alice Friman, Judson Mitcham, and Stephen Corey, as well as myriad other luminous voices. The volume marks the fifth of the series "Art & Literature" has called "one of the most ambitious projects in contemporary Southern letters."
Edited by William Wright and Paul Ruffin, "The Southern Poetry Anthology, Volume V" Georgia brings together over one hundred of Georgia's poets, inclu...