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The second edition features twelve new poets as well as new work by Donald Justice, T. R. Hummer, Dave Smith, Pattiann Rogers, Andrew Hudgins, Henry Taylor, Gerald Barrax, Rodney Jones, and others. Among the new additions are Mark Jarman, Cathy Smith Bowers, and Charlie Smith. Many teachers realize that the best way to get their students to relate to poetry is to show them poems that contain landscapes and subjects they understand and can identify with. Leon Stokesbury has put together a richly varied collection used in classrooms not only in the South but all over the country as a means of studying the important influence of southern poetry on American literature. With the publication of the second edition of The Made Thing, Stokesbury has marked the end of the twentieth century and the rise to prominence of southern writers. This collection serves as a substantial sampling of poets whose works span more than five decades and who explore the rich personal and cultural history that extends beyond the boundaries of the South.
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reviewed The Made Thing: An Anthology of Contemporary Southern Poetry on May 16, 2014 The Made Thing: An Anthology of Contemporary Southern Poetry
Southern poetry is synonymous with a realistic view of a world, a world sometimes hard and harsh as the lives of many of its poets. This anthology, now in its second edition, provides one of the finest resources for people interested in contemporary poetry.
Dr. Leon Stokesbury, long-time English professor at Georgia State University in Atlanta, includes an expanded list of poets numbering sixty-six, twelve more than in the 1987 edition. Several poets from the first edition did not make the current volume. No particular school or style of poetry writing dominates, and the poems are as varied as the poets themselves.
Each author's photograph is included, as well as a short biography; the numbers of poems range from three to eight per poet. Some of America's greatest contemporary poets are anthologized, Miller Williams, Wendell Berry, James Dickey, Fred Chappell, Dave Smith, George Garrett, Henry Taylor, David Bottoms, John Stone, Alice Walker, Donald Justice, Yusef Komunyakaa, and Robert Penn Warren.
With The Made Thing, Stokesbury has given readers a fine resource useful for reflection, enjoyment, and even a tool for the poet's desk. Spending time reading this collection is a joy for lovers of poetry and lovers of the South.
--Reviewed by Dayne Sherman, author of Welcome to the Fallen Paradise: A Novel and Zion: A Novel (coming soon)
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