Appalachian elegy : poetry and place / bell hooks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

hooks, bell, 1952-2021.

Series:

Kentucky voices

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

hooks, bell, 1952-2021--Childhood and youth--Poetry.

hooks, bell.

hooks, bell, 1952-2021.

Appalachian Region--Poetry.

Appalachian Region.

Kentucky--Poetry.

Kentucky.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

79 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2012]

Language Note:

English.

Summary:

A collection of poems centered around life in Appalachia addresses topics ranging from the marginalization of the region's people to the environmental degradation it has endured throughout history.

Contents:

Front Cover; Praise for Appalachian Elegy; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; 1. hear them cry; 2. such then is beauty; 3. night moves; 4. earth works; 5. small horses ride me; 6. listen little sister; 7. again and again; 8. snow-covered earth; 9. autumn ending; 10. here and there; 11. no crops grow; 12. mud sliding down; 13. wingspan side; 14. hard rain; 15. pink and white oleander; 16. go high up; 17. straight ahead; 18 when trees die; 19. all fields; 20. the glory in old barns; 21. turtle islands everywhere; 22. sometimes falling rain; 23. bring Buddha.

24. clouds dressed in gray25. soil rich with lime; 26. equine whispering; 27. sublime shadows of midnight; 28. morning dawn; 29. softly treading black bear; 30. burning pain; 31. returning to sacred places; 32. walking the long way home; 33. tap dancing; 34. fierce winter cold; 35. winds of fate; 36. mammoth caves; 37. stained black; 38. toward light; 39. ritual places; 40. on hallowed ground; 41. fierce unyielding winds; 42. heavy heart; 43. when the dawn; 44. fly high; 45. barren broken hill; 46. overlooking water; 47. red beard; 48. sunken faces; 49. with water; 50. all old souls.

51. in the gray blue wash of dawn52. renegades roam here; 53. blackbirds; 54. burning body of love; 55. take the; 56. star of david; 57. fierce grief shadows me; 58. earth spirit; 59. migrating birds; 60. wilderness within; 61. lingering twilight; 62. harsh winder wind; 63. stark stolen sky; 64. daybreak; 65. my world is green; 66. fire so hot; Index of First Lines; Kentucky Voices Series Page.

Notes:

Includes index.

Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Awards - Best Poetry, Winner, 2013

ISBN:

9780813136691

0813136695

9780813136707

0813136709

9780813140766

0813140765

OCLC:

788281947

Publisher Number:

99950272892