The Napkin Manuscripts: Selected Essays and an InterviewUniversity of Tennessee Press, 2006 - 207 pagina's The Napkin Manuscripts is a collection of twenty-two engaging prose pieces written over the past several decades by Michael McFee – poet, essayist, editor, and teacher. Taken together, they constitute a wide-ranging exploration of what working writers do, how they do it, and what it means. The book is divided into four parts: Section one is composed of personal essays, and is rooted in the landscape and culture of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, where the author grew up and where he often returns for inspiration. Section two gathers essays about the literary life and writing, among them pieces on editing, on teaching, on memorizing poetry, on rejection slips, on typewriters, and on becoming and being a writer. Section three collects seven essays about individual Appalachian writers, among them Fred Chappell, Kathryn Stripling Byer, and Robert Morgan. Section four consists of a public interview conducted at the Michael McFee Literary Festival at Emory & Henry College a few years ago, and recapitulates many of the book’s topics in lively conversational form. The Napkin Manuscripts will appeal to anyone with a connection to Appalachia and the South; to readers interested in contemporary poetry and literature; and to teachers, writers, and students of poetry, essays, and creative non-fiction. |
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Pagina 107
... notes on fast - food napkins , instead of ( say ) a bound pad or index cards ? They're cheap - indeed , free . They're porous but not too loosely woven , and take ink ( preferably from a Pilot Rolling Ball pen ) beautifully . They're ...
... notes on fast - food napkins , instead of ( say ) a bound pad or index cards ? They're cheap - indeed , free . They're porous but not too loosely woven , and take ink ( preferably from a Pilot Rolling Ball pen ) beautifully . They're ...
Pagina 141
... notes ; / The powerful head - clearing Half note mints / Like the days of creation , prepare me / For the Whole , the cosmic egg , / The singular state of Nommo . . . . " If music be the food of love , indeed ! Some poets may name ...
... notes ; / The powerful head - clearing Half note mints / Like the days of creation , prepare me / For the Whole , the cosmic egg , / The singular state of Nommo . . . . " If music be the food of love , indeed ! Some poets may name ...
Pagina 142
... notes . " I've mastered the cello , " he says in the virtuosic " Cello Poem , " " for this : to fester / With music ... note grounds Gerald Barrax's songs about being African American , about love , about God , and about music ? A ...
... notes . " I've mastered the cello , " he says in the virtuosic " Cello Poem , " " for this : to fester / With music ... note grounds Gerald Barrax's songs about being African American , about love , about God , and about music ? A ...
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Back Home | 5 |
Unsent Letter to Robert Morgan | 17 |
Christmases with Flannery | 25 |
Copyright | |
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