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Driving with the Dead: Poems

George Ella Lyon

3.8/5 ( ratings)

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

Language: English

Pages: 82

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

Release: August 19, 2014

ISBN: 0813145554

ISBN 13: 9780813145556

Driving with the Dead: Poems

George Ella Lyon

3.8/5 ( ratings)

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

Language: English

Pages: 82

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

Release: August 19, 2014

ISBN: 0813145554

ISBN 13: 9780813145556

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