Elegy for the Southern Drawl
- ISBN-10
- 0395956161
- ISBN-13
- 9780395956168
- Category
- Poetry
- Pages
- 102
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Author
- Rodney Jones
Description
Celebrating the essence of life in the South, a collection of poems chronicles the life cycle of a young southern white male, from high school football to losing his virginity, from ignorant youth to self-awareness.
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