When I Was Baptized in Missouri Dirt

"I can't imagine a better Georgic for our age than Chad Parmenter's When I Was Baptized in Missouri Dirt. On one hand, a book about coming of age on a small farm, it is also a book that reaches for God without losing hold of chickens or cicadas. Not since Heaney have I read poetry that speaks with such abundant lyrical freshness."

-Rodney Jones, National Book Critics Circle Award Winner

Author: Chad Parmenter
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Cornerstone Press
Published: 01/20/2026
Pages: 78
Weight: 0.22lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.19d
ISBN: 9781968148294