Deep Down in the Delta: Folktales and Poems - Softcover
Welcome to the Delta. Feel the mystique of the oceanic landscape. Venture into an eerie cypress jungle and swim a haunted bayou. Facing flocks of ghosts and swarming, black blizzards of mosquitoes, native son Greg Alan Brownderville invites you along as he explores the present-day folklore of the birthplace of the blues. With a unique mixture of recently gathered folktales and his own original poems, he forsakes neither the dirt floor nor the Corinthian column of the Delta's cultural heritage. While drawing on the extraordinarily rich folk culture represented by the tales, the poetry in this book also reflects the region's classicism and elegance. In DEEP DOWN IN THE DELTA, Brownderville offers a privileged glimpse beneath the veil of the poorest, most creative, and most enigmatic region of the South. More information about the book and about Greg Alan Brownderville at www.gregbrownderville.com
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In Deep Down in the Delta, a book like no other, tales and poems by award-winning writer Greg Alan Brownderville are paired with paintings by "outsider" artist Billy Moore to evoke the Arkansas Delta in unforgettable fashion. One of the most soulful, most mysterious regions in America comes to life in words and pictures. Reminiscent of Jean Toomer's Cane and Alice Rae Yelen's Passionate Visions of the American South, this book leads the reader into strange country where a buzzard the size of an airplane circles over buried Confederate treasure; an indestructible rabbit haunts a graveyard; a pool table dances across a juke joint; and a hoodoo woman treats a girl who flies around the house like a balloon losing air. The poems are folkloristic, the tales poetic, and the paintings downright beautiful.
About the Author:
Greg Alan Brownderville, a native of Pumpkin Bend, Arkansas, is the author of the poetry collection Gust (Northwestern University Press, 2011). He completed an MFA in poetry at the University of Mississippi in 2008 and currently teaches creative writing at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri.
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- PublisherDoodlum Brothers Press
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 097671180X
- ISBN 13 9780976711803
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages174
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