Salvation Blues: One Hundred Poems, 1985-2005

Rodney Jones

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Rodney Jones has long been praised for his masterly storytelling and the bold southern voice he brings to his poetry. Salvation Blues celebrates the range and evolution of his work over a twenty-year period with one hundred selected poems -- including twenty-four bold pieces published only in this collection.

Book Details

Publisher: Ecco Press
Publish Date: Apr 5th, 2007
Pages: 256
Language: English
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Dimensions: 9.00in - 5.90in - 0.80in - 0.80lb
EAN: 9780618872268
Categories: • American - General• Subjects & Themes - Places

About the Author

Jones, Rodney: - RODNEY JONES is the author of eleven books of poems. His many honors include the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Harper Lee Award, and the Kingsley Tufts Award, and he has been a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award, the Griffin International Poetry Prize, and the Pulitzer Prize. He teaches in the low-residency MFA creative writing program at Warren Wilson College and lives in New Orleans and Southern Illinois.

Praise for this book

"For most of twenty years I have been reading Rodney Jones' poems, admiring the daring of his mind and attention." --W.S. Merwin

"Reading [Rodney Jones'] poems [is] a continuously liberating experience. This is work that really matters." --Carl Dennis, 2002 Pulitzer Prize winner for poetry

"An essential American voice perfectly attuned to its subject matter...[Rodney Jones] is one of our very finest poets." --B.H. Fairchild --