At the intersection of alcoholism and recovery, Kingfisher Blues brings an unflinching eye and raw wit to one man’s battle with addiction. Alternating between meditations on the natural world and gritty snapshots of the county jail, rehab center, and people who occupy these spaces with him—from strippers to soldiers—Reece ruminates on the thin line between life and death. Evocative and unfiltered, Kingfisher Blues weaves his experiences of Montana prairies, Kentucky woods, and Cumberland creeks into stories shared with neighbors, ancestors, former friends, and enduring partners.
These intensely personal yet universal poems boldly confront demons and deities while remaining skeptical about either’s existence. By conveying the despair—and serenity—found in the loneliness of the woods and seeking self-acceptance in the face of ugly truths, this collection offers a visceral encounter with the intertwined forces of nature, human struggle, and redemption.
Tabla de materias
1. I.
The Story of a County Jail
Luna Moths
Hazard
Black Veil
Driving Montana
Nuptials
The River
Show’s Over
Myself When I Am Real
The Last Chance Liquor Store
Loner
On a Bar Napkin
The Marcus Aurelius Motel
Swing
Tanka in Trouble
Across the Border
Calling Cassiopia
Shock Corridors
2. II.
Narcissism
Repairs
The Art of Living
Translating Sappho While Listening to Billie Holiday
Christmas Letter to a Friend, Six Years Sober
Watertower Manifesto
The Panther
Gethsemani
Shaker Dreams
Hypaethral
The Rising
Good Again
Sitting in His Small Garden, The Reclusive Socialist Ponders the Teachings of Epicurus
That Which Is
Circles
Homecoming
The Roebling Bridge
The Kingdom of God
Joanie
Second Life
Acknowledgments
Sobre el autor
Erik Reece is the author of six books of nonfiction, including Clear Creek, Utopia Drive, and Lost Mountain, which won Columbia University’s John B. Oakes Award for Distinguished Environmental Journalism and the Sierra Club’s David R. Brower Award for Excellence in Environmental Writing. His work has appeared in Harper’s, the Oxford American, the Atlantic, Orion, and elsewhere. His two earlier collections of poetry, A Short History of the Present and Animals at Full Moon, were published by Larkspur Press. He teaches writing and literature at the University of Kentucky and is the founder of Kentucky Writers and Artists for Reforestation.
Más ebooks del mismo autor / Editor
113.217 Ebooks en esta categoría
