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Author:

Smith, Dave, 1942-

Title:

Hunting men : reflections on a life in American poetry / Dave Smith.

Publisher:

Louisiana State University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

299 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

American poetry--20th century--History and criticism.
American poetry--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
American poetry--Southern States--History and criticism.
Smith, Dave,--1942-
Poets, American--20th century--Biography.
Poetry--Authorship

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

There's a bird hung around my neck : observations on southern poetry -- Edgar Allan Poe and the nightmare ode -- John Crowe Ransom's lyric of the Holy Grail -- Warren's ventriloquist : J.J. Audubon -- James Dickey's motions -- Barbaric yawps : life in the life of poetry -- The fat man and the dirty bastards : remembering Richard Hugo -- The talking dick : Stephen Dobyns's poetry -- The good talk : Stephen Dunn's ideas -- Playing for grace : William Matthews -- Johnny Dominguez, a letter : Larry Levis -- Hunting men -- The trail of obligations : an interview with Ernest Suarez -- In search of the real thing : life pieces -- Statements from the field : an interview with Todd Marshall and Rob carney -- St. Cyril's dragon : the threat of poetry.

ISBN:

9780807131824
0807131822 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)64427405

LCCN:

2006005952

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)