Paper Anniversary

Fiction & Literature, Poetry, American
Cover of the book Paper Anniversary by Bobby C. Rogers, University of Pittsburgh Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Bobby C. Rogers ISBN: 9780822991175
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press Publication: September 26, 2010
Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press Language: English
Author: Bobby C. Rogers
ISBN: 9780822991175
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Publication: September 26, 2010
Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press
Language: English

"There is something in American poetry that might be called the book of the small town or, equally, the tale of the good family; or, if you like, the American Grafitti Suite. Poems that discover life's bonuses in new love, wise parents, old books, venerable nature, and the mysteries of all that endures in the face of the viciousness no life escapes--are, well, worth the wait. That’s how I feel about Paper Anniversary. His poems are full of the best news, the kind the soul, as W. C. Williams attested, can get nowhere better than in the life of the lively mind. I think any reader will find this an auspicious, welcome arrival."
--Dave Smith

"In his superb Paper Anniversary, Bobby Rogers is a near mystic of the domestic because love of family and landscape is connected to the eternal--and if not the eternal, our longing for love to last. Rogers is a meditative poet, then, one who knows language and memory are inadequate to hold love in an abiding present: 'But ownership is the last lie/we tell ourselves--nothing goes unshared.' So his moving, widely thoughtful, and commodious poems are full of joy tinged with elegy."
--Andrew Hudgins

Bobby C. Rogers is professor of English at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. His poems have appeared in the Southern Review, the Georgia Review, Image, Shenandoah, Puerto del Sol, and numerous other magazines. He is the recipient of the Greensboro Review Literary Prize in Poetry and has twice been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

"There is something in American poetry that might be called the book of the small town or, equally, the tale of the good family; or, if you like, the American Grafitti Suite. Poems that discover life's bonuses in new love, wise parents, old books, venerable nature, and the mysteries of all that endures in the face of the viciousness no life escapes--are, well, worth the wait. That’s how I feel about Paper Anniversary. His poems are full of the best news, the kind the soul, as W. C. Williams attested, can get nowhere better than in the life of the lively mind. I think any reader will find this an auspicious, welcome arrival."
--Dave Smith

"In his superb Paper Anniversary, Bobby Rogers is a near mystic of the domestic because love of family and landscape is connected to the eternal--and if not the eternal, our longing for love to last. Rogers is a meditative poet, then, one who knows language and memory are inadequate to hold love in an abiding present: 'But ownership is the last lie/we tell ourselves--nothing goes unshared.' So his moving, widely thoughtful, and commodious poems are full of joy tinged with elegy."
--Andrew Hudgins

Bobby C. Rogers is professor of English at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. His poems have appeared in the Southern Review, the Georgia Review, Image, Shenandoah, Puerto del Sol, and numerous other magazines. He is the recipient of the Greensboro Review Literary Prize in Poetry and has twice been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

More books from University of Pittsburgh Press

Cover of the book Matters of the Sea / Cosas del mar by Bobby C. Rogers
Cover of the book Land of Sunshine by Bobby C. Rogers
Cover of the book Liberty and the Pursuit of Knowledge by Bobby C. Rogers
Cover of the book City on Fire by Bobby C. Rogers
Cover of the book Authoritarian Russia by Bobby C. Rogers
Cover of the book The Rise and Fall of Khoqand, 1709-1876 by Bobby C. Rogers
Cover of the book Art and Archaeology of Pre-Columbian Cuba by Bobby C. Rogers
Cover of the book Reframing the Subject by Bobby C. Rogers
Cover of the book Domain of Perfect Affection by Bobby C. Rogers
Cover of the book Comics and Memory in Latin America by Bobby C. Rogers
Cover of the book South Asian in the Mid-South by Bobby C. Rogers
Cover of the book Luck by Bobby C. Rogers
Cover of the book Let's All Die Happy by Bobby C. Rogers
Cover of the book I Would Lie to You if I Could by Bobby C. Rogers
Cover of the book Appetite by Bobby C. Rogers
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy