Interweaves the private story of a marriage coming apart with readings of John Milton's poetry and prose. Connected essays chart the chaos of loss and the discovery of how a writer can inhabit our emotional as well as our intellectual selves.
Presents a wide-ranging analysis of texts written by individuals who experienced the American Civil War. These voices have particular... Læs mere
Demonstrates that structures of media undergird American regionalism through the representation of a given geography's peoples, places, and ideologies. THe... Læs mere
Explores Louisiana's protracted efforts to restore and protect its coastal marshes, nearly always with minimal regard for the... Læs mere
In poems that confront a region indelibly shaped by environmental turmoil, economic erasure, and the weight of an outside world intent on destroying it, Daniel Boone's Window works to reclaim and reckon with the realities and complexities of Appalachia.
While the poems in Winthropos reach back into the Hellenic past for imagery and inspiration, they often reside in the American present of their conception, forging childhood memory and local custom into a work of meditative power and evocative beauty.
As he enters his sixth decade of publishing poetry, David Slavitt remains a determined wildcatter who ranges as far as he thinks necessary to drill for meaning. In his... Læs mere
The final work of Anya Krugovoy Silver, a poet celebrated for her incisive writing about illness, motherhood, and Christian faith. The poems in this collection dance between... Læs mere
Examines identity and nationalism in the post-Civil War South through the lens of commemorative activity,... Læs mere
A new collection from the acclaimed Irish poet Greg Delanty, The Professor of Forgetting swings back and forth on the fulcrum of what we call ‘""now’ and confronts our notion of how time passes.
For two centuries, nearly all historical accounts of American theatre have focused on New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. Thomas A. Bogar’s Theatre on the American... Læs mere
Drawing from recent debates about the validity of regional studies and scepticism surrounding the efficacy of the concept of... Læs mere