Wild Sweet Notes Fifty Years of West Virginia Poetry, 1950-1999

This stunning volume gathers 134 poets writing within afifty-year timespan on subjects as varied as Japanese flower gardening, hog-butchering, mother-daughter relations, and selling the farm. It went into its thirdprinting in less than a year and has been used as a text in seven colleges and universities."A landmark in West Virginia literary history (and) also a model of poetic celebration." -- Gordon Simmons, Coordinator, Artists Services, West Virginia Cultural Center, Charleston, WV"An ode to West Virginia. . . . A wealthof knowledge, compassion, and inspiration." -- Charleston (WV) Gazette-Mail"Clear and bright, enough light to read by. This is what we've been waiting for." -- Grace Cavalieri, Producer, "The Poet and the Poem" on National Public RadioSmith, Barbara is the author of 'Wild Sweet Notes Fifty Years of West Virginia Poetry, 1950-1999', published 2000 under ISBN 9780967605128 and ISBN 0967605121.