Driving with the Dead: Poems - Paperback
by Jane Hicks
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jane Hicks, George Ella LyonSeries:Kentucky VoicesPublish date:2014-08-19Pages:82
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813145556ISBN-10:813145554UPC:9780813145556Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:American, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:Death, Grief, Loss, PlacesSize:8.30 x 5.50 x 0.30 inchesWeight:0.2513Product ID:SCRZNP2QHB
Appalachia is no stranger to loss. The region suffers regular ecological devastation wrought by strip mining, fracking, and deforestation as well as personal tragedy brought on by enduring poverty and drug addiction. In Driving with the Dead, Appalachian poet, teacher, and artist Jane Hicks weaves an earnest and impassioned elegy for an imperiled yet doggedly optimistic people and place. Exploring the roles that war, environment, culture, and violence play in Appalachian society, the hard-hittin
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813145556ISBN-10:813145554UPC:9780813145556Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:American, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:Death, Grief, Loss, PlacesSize:8.30 x 5.50 x 0.30 inchesWeight:0.2513Product ID:SCRZNP2QHB
Jane Hicks is a teacher, poet, and fiber artist. She is the author of Blood and Bone Remember and the winner of the 2006 Book of the Year Award in Poetry from the Appalachian Writers Association.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
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