"Another South" is an anthology of poetry from contemporary
southern writers who are working in forms that are radical,
innovative, and visionary. Highly experimental and challenging in
nature, the poetry in this volume, with its syntactical
disjunctions, formal revolutions, and typographic playfulness,
represents the direction of a new breed of southern writing that is
at once universal in its appeal and regional in its flavor.
Focusing on poets currently residing in the South, the anthology
includes both emerging and established voices in the national and
international literary world. From the invocations of Andy Young's
"Vodou Headwashing Ceremony" to the blues-informed poems of Lorenzo
Thomas and Honoree Jeffers, from the different voicings of )ohn
Lowther and Kalamu ya Salaam to the visual, multi-genre art of Jake
Berry, David Thomas Roberts, and Bob Grumman, the poetry in
"Another South" is rich in variety and enthusiastic in its
explorations of new ways to embody place and time. These writers
have made the South lush with a poetic avant-garde all its own, not
only redefining southern identity and voice but also offering new
models of what is possible universally through the medium of
poetry.
Hank Lazer's introductory essay about "Kudzu textuality"
contextualizes the work by these contemporary innovators. Like the
uncontrollable runaway vine that entwines the southern landscape,
their poems are hyperfertile, stretching their roots and shoots
relentlessly, at once destructive and regenerative. In making a
radical departure from nostalgic southern literary voices, these
poems of polyvocal abundance are closer in spirit to "speaking in
tongues" or apocalyptic southern folk art--primitive, astonishing,
and mystic.
General
Imprint: |
The University of Alabama Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2002 |
First published: |
November 2002 |
Editors: |
Bill Lavender
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Introduction by: |
Hank Lazer
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Contributors: |
Hank Lazer
• Lorenzo Thomas
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
304 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8173-1241-1 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-8173-1241-2 |
Barcode: |
9780817312411 |
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