Austin: a Poem

"Written with knowledge and sympathy, the poem contains a delightful tangle of details. Lyndon Johnson, Elisabet Ney, Peter Flawn, Custer, O. Henry, and Joseph Jones (the sage of Waller Creek)--public figures and personal friends interact in the city of Oliphant's imagination....A lengthy proem, set at the grave of Stephen F. Austin in the State Cemetery, contains a brilliant passage about Austin in prison.... The oblique narration is kept on track with masterful transitions....[T]he language is carefully crafted, with interesting and often beautiful sound-play in virtually every line."

--John Herndon, Austin American-Statesman

Author: Dave Oliphant
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Alamo Bay Press
Published: 03/12/2018
Pages: 218
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781943306107