An Absence I Know I Won't Reclaim
The four poems presented here highlight Rodney Jones's relationship to his hometown of Falkville, Alabama. For Jones, place-bound memories of youthful pleasures frame meditations on mortality and mystery. His teenage years as a football player and rock and roll band member are a starting point...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Emory Center for Digital Scholarship
2009-01-01
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| Series: | Southern Spaces |
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| Online Access: | https://southernspaces.org/node/42533 |
| Summary: | The four poems presented here highlight Rodney Jones's relationship to his hometown of Falkville, Alabama. For Jones, place-bound memories of youthful pleasures frame meditations on mortality and mystery. His teenage years as a football player and rock and roll band member are a starting point from which to measure the distance that time and experience have created between himself and the region in which he grew up. |
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| ISSN: | 1551-2754 |