David Bottoms
Subtitle: critical essays and interviews
By: edited by William Walsh
Publisher: McFarland & Co., Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jefferson, NC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780786447299
Description: "The fifteen critical essays in this collection set out to examine the images and themes revealed in his poetry and fiction. Topics include the role of rebirth and resurrection, the presence of faith in the poems, masculinity and gender, and race in the South"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "At the still point" / W.A. Sessions; title: The vigilant words of David Bottoms / Dave Smith; title: The evolution of the gob aesthetic / Fred Chappell; title: Amazing grace: the aesthetics of a spiritual quest / Ernest Suarez; title: Fishing from the poetry boat: a conversation / Alice Friman and Marshall Bruce Gentry; title: "If it touches us, it touches us": the white southern  male struggle with race / Jane Hill; title: Warbling with TV in the background / Robert W. Hill; title: A real mix: rebirth and gender in Easter weekend / Marshall Bruce Gentry; title: Signs from my fathers / David Baker; title: The logic of the original dream / William Walsh; title: The rolling circle: memory and maturity / Edward Byrne; title: Searching for the kingdom of heaven: a spiritual journey / Michael Sowder; title: "Up toward light": resurrection, transfiguration,  metamorphosis, and evolution in Armored hearts / Don Russ; title: The onion's dark core / Ernest Suarez; title: To own my father's name: not hiding the masculine / Jane Hill; title: Grueling miracle: faith in middle age / Laurence Lieberman.