Prayer of the Backhanded
...think to say, excuse me. Published in Please (Kalamazoo, Michigan: New Issues Poetry & Prose, Western Michigan University, 2009). Published: 4 March 2010 © 2010 Jericho Brown and Southern Spaces...
Aftermath
...hawk has taken back the air above new grass, and the doe again can hide her young. I can tell you now I crossed that field, weeks before the first...
Three AM and the Stars Were Out
When the phone rings way too late for good news, just another farmer wanting me to lose half a night's sleep and drive some backcountry wash-out for miles, fix what...
California Creek, North Carolina
...always seen it from the viewpoint of walking up there and looking at the mountains. I knew there was a road coming on line, but I had no concept of...
Sprinkle Creek, North Carolina
...direct, with the new Visitor Center on the top, Sprinkle Creek, NC, 1995. Photo courtesy of Rob Amberg. Lucille Babbitt: "I don't think it was God's will that it be...
Little Creek, North Carolina
...Little Creek, which was removed for I-26, Little Creek, NC 1996. Photo courtesy of Rob Amberg. Grave diggers constructing new coffins for unidentified remains at the Woody Family Cemetery, Little...
Audio Transcript
"It Will Be Alright" by John P. Kee and The New Life Community Choir. From Wait on Him (1989). [Choir] ♪ It will be alright! ♪ [Kee] ♪ It...
Transcript: "Lucy Mae Blues" by Cecil Barfield
...guitar] [0.00–0.14] That Sunday woman, she bring me the news That Monday woman, boys, I’m telling you Better not let my good gal catch you here Ain’t no telling, man,...