The Postal Confessions

by Max Garland

Book Overview

These poems wrestle with the inherited myths of their particular time and place. Often set in a small corner of western Kentucky, they explore moments when an individual life becomes implicated in a larger scheme-- the realm of Cold War politics, the mysteries of religious faith, the codes and rituals of romantic love. Max Garland shows a lyrical determination to deal with history through the lives, minds, and emotions of ordinary people "stricken...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870239821
• ISBN13: 9780870239823
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 9.0"