Notes from the Journey Westward

A book that interrogates the idea of America—especially our westering, both historical and contemporary.

About the author

Joe Wilkins is the author of a memoir, The Mountain and the Fathers (Counterpoint 2012), and a previous collection of poems, Killing the Murnion Dogs (Black Lawrence Press 2011). His poems, essays, and stories have appeared in the Georgia Review, the Southern Review, Harvard Review, Ecotone, the Sun, Orion, and Slate, among other magazines and literary journals. He lives with his wife, son, and daughter in north Iowa, where he teaches writing at Waldorf College. You can find him online at http://joewilkins.org/. 

Summary

A book that interrogates the idea of America--especially our westering, both historical and contemporary.

Foreword

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Advance review copies to major media

The author's first book, Killing the Murnion Dogs (Black Lawrence Press 2011) is reviewed in the New York Times and we will follow up to pitch the second book to them.

Product details

• Authors: Joe Wilkins
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.10.2012
• EAN: 9781935210368
• ISBN: 978-1-935210-36-8
• No. of pages: 108
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 226 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 204 g
• Series: White Pine Press Poetry Prize; White Pine Press Poetry Prize
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies