Winner of the 2016 Two Sylvias Press Wilder Series Poetry Book Prize."When you\'re lucky enough to get your hands on a book of poems this alive, everything you say about it feels like an understatement.
Reading her beautiful, linguistically limber, cascading descriptions is like shooting the rapids with an expert river rider at the helm." --Amy Gerstler. maternal, earthy, topical, humane, etc.) to create this voice, "all hot and giddy." A proud daughter of Appalachia, Blevins gifts us with vivid glimpses of where she came of age. g.
Yes, the poems\' startling emotional intelligence blends with myriad other intelligences (e.
Yes, it\'s bursting with keen-eyed tenderness and unshushable attitude.
Yes, Appalachians Run Amok is utterly original, wild yet tight, feisty, vibrant, combustible.
Winner of the 2016 Two Sylvias Press Wilder Series Poetry Book Prize."When you\'re lucky enough to get your hands on a book of poems this alive, everything you say about it feels like an understatement
