In the Night Orchard - Selected Poems

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.  

About the author

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.

Summary

Presents 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.

Product details

• Authors: R T Smith, R. T. Smith
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2014
• EAN: 9781937875657
• ISBN: 978-1-937875-65-7
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies