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New Growth
1. What differences do you find reading this poem aloud from reading it silently? How does Chandler use sound and meter to reinforce meaning?
Discussion questions! For my poems! What a treat.
And that one’s a pretty good question, too. Somebody noticed!
The questions are found in New Growth: Recent Kentucky Writings, a new anthology of fiction, poetry, and essay edited by Charlie Sweet and Hal Blythe.
The book is published by the Jesse Stuart Foundation, which states its primary goal as “to produce books which supplement the educational system at all levels.” It sells for $19.
About New Growth, the editors say, in part:
In the 19th century Kentucky was at the crossroads of western migration and expansion. We believe this collection will demonstrate, along with earlier anthologies, that the Commonwealth is once again becoming the epicenter of literary output. Too often the media paint a picture of American as a bi-coastal country with little in between. One message from New Growth is that there are other important voices that will be heard.
The collection contains 11 short stories chosen by Silas House (Silas has a Wikipedia page, too), 15 poets chosen by Frank X. Walker, and 11 essays chosen by George Brosi. Each section editor writes an introduction, there are “genesis statements” for each piece, and discussion questions both for the sections and for the entirety of the collection.
Among the poets are many I include among my friends and know to be excellent poets: Joanie DiMartino, Leatha Kendrick, Charlie Hughes, Erin Keane, Sam Martin, and Andrea O’Brien. Others I know through their excellent work: Bianca Spriggs, Tom Hunley, and Libby Falk Jones. The others I’m looking forward to discovering: Tammy Ramsey, Karen George, Howard Wang, Graham Thomas Shelby, and Linda Caldwell. Several are graduates of the Governor’s School for the Arts.
There’s a poet among the essayists, too — Steven Cope, an excellent poet and songwriter. The essayists also include my old friend Georgia Green Stamper, who some of you have met through her comments here and others through her commentary on WUKY. Kentucky legend Bob Sloan also contributes an essay.
The fiction writers are all new to me but Silas House is one of the state’s great mentors of fiction writers, so I know I have much to discover.
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2 Comments
1. Helen Losse replies at 13th October 2007, 1:35 pm :
Well congratulations, Sherry!
2. sherry replies at 14th October 2007, 7:50 am :
Thanks, Helen.
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