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Description for Texas in Poetry 2
Hardcover. A selection of representative Texas poems from the early days of the colony to the beginning of the 21st century. All the well-known poets in the state are included - writers such as Walter McDonald, Betsy Colquitt and Vassar Miller, as well as newer writers. Editor(s): Hill, Billy Bob. Series: Texas in Poetry. Num Pages: 400 pages, index. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1506.
Texas in Poetry can be read straight through as a commentary on life in the Lone Star State. Or it can be read a poem or author at a time. But if read straight through from ""I'll Take Texas"" to ""No Quittin's Sense"" the whole Texas experience as seen by more than a hundred poets cannot fail to make an impact on the reader. Editor Billy Bob Hill includes such poets as Mirabeau B. Lamar, a Texas president and poetaster from the days of the Republic; Berta Harte Nance, author of the centennial poem that begins ""Other states were carved ... Read more
Texas in Poetry can be read straight through as a commentary on life in the Lone Star State. Or it can be read a poem or author at a time. But if read straight through from ""I'll Take Texas"" to ""No Quittin's Sense"" the whole Texas experience as seen by more than a hundred poets cannot fail to make an impact on the reader. Editor Billy Bob Hill includes such poets as Mirabeau B. Lamar, a Texas president and poetaster from the days of the Republic; Berta Harte Nance, author of the centennial poem that begins ""Other states were carved ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
Series
Texas in Poetry
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Fort Worth, United States
ISBN
9780875652672
SKU
V9780875652672
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Ref
99-65
About
BILLY BOB HILL is a graduate of Southern Methodist University with an M.A. and a Ph.D from the University of North Texas. Hill, who has taught at several area colleges and universities, is publisher of Browder Springs Press in Dallas and is responsible for several excellent short fiction anthologies and a number of other books by Texas writers.
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