The Morrow Plots
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (917 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1937854272 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 88 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-27 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Mysteries uncovered by Matthew Gavin Frank Grady Harp Matthew Gavin Frank, author of the nonfiction books and highly acclaimed poetry books was born and raised in Illinois, and currently teaches Creative Writing in the MFA Program at Northern Michigan University, where he is the Nonfiction Editor of `Passages North'. In this strangely beguiling collection of poems he has produced a series of linked, research-based poems regarding the bloody history of, and varying identities of, The Morrow Plots, an experimental cornfield in Central Illinois that, in the 1920s, was a popular dumping ground for dead bodies, and is now a National Historic
This winter, he prepared his first batch of whitefish-thimbleberry ice cream. . He was born and raised in Illinois, and currently teaches Creative Writing in the MFA Program at Northern Michigan University, where he is the Nonfiction Editor of Passages North. Recent work appears in The New Republic, The Huffington Post, Field, Epoch, AGNI, The Iowa Review, Seneca Review
Frank's poems are vigorous, penetrating, and moving. THE MORROW PLOTS is an important poetic work that dramatically evidences how estranged we can be from our own attentiveness."—Michael David Madonick. He much like William Carlos Williams, in Patterson, brings to his vision, a poetry of acute awareness and accuracy. Poetry. "For over twenty year's I have lived and worked near the Morrow Plots, but it was not until I read Matt Frank's book that I really saw them. He employs a microscopic and telescopic perspective that allows us to examine an external and internal landscape with photographic and linguistic precision. His book is a historical and personal record of a central Illinois landmark
. This winter, he prepared his first batch of whitefish-thimbleberry ice cream. Recent work appears in The New Republic, The Huffington Post, Field, Epoch, AGNI, The Iowa Review, Seneca Review, Crazyhorse, Indiana Review, North American Review, Pleiades, Crab Orchard Review, The Best Food Writing, The Best Travel Writing, Creative Nonfiction, Prairie Schooner, Hotel Amerika, Gastronomica, and others. About the Author Matthew Gavin Frank is the author of THE MORROW PLOTS (Black Lawrence Press), Sagittarius Agitprop (Black