Rebels
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.50 (875 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1590211146 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Jeff Mann is an acclaimed poet and storyteller who has tapped his Appalachian and Southern heritage and integrated these elements with gay culture
In his travels, Mann muses on Southern heritage and the sufferings of the Confederate people, both soldiers and civilians. In Rebels, acclaimed poet Jeff Mann ranges the battlefields where such destruction occurred: famous battles like Malvern Hill, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, and Cold Harbor, and those lesser known, such as Scary Creek and Cloyd's Farm. In this fine edition, several of Mann's poems have been illustrated by artists, making this volume unique in the fields of both Civil War studies and contemporary poetry.. As he did in his popular Civil War-era novels, Purgatory and Salvation, Mann ''queers'' the War as few other writers have, examining the conflict from a gay man's perspective. Honorable Mention in the 2015 Rainbow Awards!Poets have been responding in lyric to the bloody aspects of war since Homer's era, and the American Civil War, in its scale and ferocity, was unquestionably one of the bloodiest
. About the Author Jeff Mann is an acclaimed poet and storyteller who has tapped his Appalachian and Southern heritage and integrated these elements with gay culture
Morgan Cale said Art and Poetry. If you enjoy poetry that speaks to human struggles and human feelings, this is a book for you. It's historical, but it doesn't pit the past against the present; instead, it examines in lovely poetry the similarities between "us" and "them," "now" and "then." The artwork contributes to making the book moving as well as collectible!. Nathan Burgoine said Mann's lyricism, accuracy, and grace are in perfect form in this collection.. Whenever I think about writing a review of a collection of poetry, that line attributed to Robert Frost springs to mind: Robert Frost told a person who asked him what one of his poems meant, 'You want me to say it worse?' I always feel no matter how hard I might try, all I shall accomplish is that: I'm going to say it worse.Still, like every Jeff Mann book of poetry I have read thus far, it's worth my sad attempt to try and convince you to pick up a copy of this book.Before I delve into the topic at hand—and yes, I will delve into the topic at hand—I want to emphasize the thin. David Kerr said Through poetry, those forgotten are being remembered. A reviewer of C. Vann Woodward's "The Children of Pride" opined that "No tale has so often been told, yet no story has so well stood the retelling, as that of the Old South and its destruction." But in all the retellings, homosexual men have almost never been clearly present. Still, we were there, as we have been and always will be "everywhere." And of course we were on both sidesLike their heterosexual confrères, homosexual soldiers wearing either blue or gray longed for home, longed to be with someone they loved, longed to share their bodies with another human being, longed to st