Deepstep Come Shining

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Copper Canyon Press, 1998 - Poetry - 111 pages
In her tenth book, this critically acclaimed poet offers haunting, elegant poetry which merges the mysteries of formal and linguistic experiment with traditional narrative. Whether read as individual poems, or as a larger suite, "Deepstep Come Shining" is a sensuous, Southern Gothic road trip filled with vernacular speech and startling imagery.
 

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Contents

Section 1
5
Section 2
19
Section 3
29
Section 4
35
Section 5
47
Section 6
55
Section 7
75
Section 8
93
Section 9
107
Section 10
109
Section 11
111
Section 12
112
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About the author (1998)

C.D. Wright, a Professor of English at Brown University, is the author of eleven books of poetry, as well as several collaborative works with photographer Deborah Luster, most recently One Big Self: Prisoners of Louisiana. She has earned fellowships from the MacArthur and Guggenheim foundations, and is the recipient of a Lannan Literary Award. She lives in Rhode Island.

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