Speak So I Shall Know Thee: Interviews with Southern Writers

by J. Walsh and William J. Walsh

Book Overview

A.R. Ammons was asked if he agreed that the United States has not produced a major poet in the last 30 years: "I agree.... The poetry in the country has become sort of a company affair where support for the arts has just about ruined the arts and the system of bureaucrats managing the funds being developed here and there is turning into trade unionism, which may be the best way to write poetry, but it is unfamiliar to me."

This comprehensive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786467495
• ISBN13: 9780786467495
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher