
Poems
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A collection of haunting lyricism that evokes the beauty and hardship of the rural South, by a revered American master of letters?the award-winning, bestselling author of the novels Serena, Something Rich and Strange, and Above the Waterfall.
In this incandescent, profound, and accessible collection, beloved and award-winning poet, novelist, and short-story writer Ron Rash vividly channels the rhythms of life in Appalachia, deftly capturing the panoply of individuals who are its heart and soul?men and women inured to misfortune and hard times yet defined by tremendous fortitude, resilience, and a fierce sense of community.
In precise, supple language that swerves from the stark to the luminous, Rash richly describes the splendor of the natural landscape and poignantly renders the lives of those dependent on its bounty?in cotton mills and tobacco fields, farmlands and forests. The haunting memories and shared histories of these people?their rituals and traditions?animate this land, and are celebrated in Rash's crystalline, intensely imagined verse.
With an eye for the surprising and vivid detail, Ron Rash powerfully captures the sorrows and exaltations of this wondrous world he knows intimately. Illuminating and indelible, Poems demonstrates his rich talents and confirms his legacy as a standard-bearer for the literature of the American South.
This collection explores the heart of a people and their land:
- Nature Poetry: From the whitewater of Fall Creek to the quiet depths of Lake Jocassee, these poems render the splendor and severity of the Appalachian landscape in crystalline verse.
- Narrative Poetry: Each poem tells a story?of farmers, mill workers, and families bound by shared histories, hard times, and a fierce, resilient sense of community.
- A Deep Sense of Place: Journey into a world shaped by its past, from the cotton fields and tobacco barns to the haunting memories that animate the mountains and hollows of the American South.
- Lyrical and Profound: Written with the stark, luminous precision of a master, these verses capture the sorrows, exaltations, and enduring spirit of a people and the world they intimately know.
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Ron Rash is the author of the 2009 PEN/Faulkner finalist and New York Times bestseller Serena and Above the Waterfall, in addition to four prizewinning novels, including The Cove, One Foot in Eden, Saints at the River, and The World Made Straight; four collections of poems; and six collections of stories, among them Burning Bright, which won the 2010 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, and Chemistry and Other Stories, which was a finalist for the 2007 PEN/Faulkner Award. Twice the recipient of the O. Henry Prize, he teaches at Western Carolina University.
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