The Land Itself |
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| Author:
| Carter, Jared |
| Introduction by:
| Omanson, B. J. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-7330060-1-9 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2019 |
| Publisher: | Monongahela Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $12.00 |
Book Description:
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Stories and poems from the American Midwest - that vast inland world of lakes and prairies - figure significantly in the nation's literature. Jared Carter's poetry exemplifies this tradition. ~~~ As the Introduction explains, "Carter is the laureate of loss and, beyond loss, absence. He has been witness to the emptying out of the rural midwest for three quarters of a century. This is what the regionalist writer faces now in America: the swift passing away of what took three or four...
More DescriptionStories and poems from the American Midwest - that vast inland world of lakes and prairies - figure significantly in the nation's literature. Jared Carter's poetry exemplifies this tradition. ~~~ As the Introduction explains, "Carter is the laureate of loss and, beyond loss, absence. He has been witness to the emptying out of the rural midwest for three quarters of a century. This is what the regionalist writer faces now in America: the swift passing away of what took three or four hundred years to build up slowly." ~~~ Amid change, he finds what endures. He celebrates "what is left after nothing is left." Such poetry, "in its fidelity both to the letter and the spirit of the land - assumes the very form and character of that region . . . and so becomes a true expression of the land itself."