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Appalachia and Beyond: Yarns and Yearnings in Prose and Poetry
Appalachia and Beyond: Yarns and Yearnings in Prose and Poetry
Appalachia and Beyond: Yarns and Yearnings in Prose and Poetry
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In Appalachia and Beyond:Yarns and Yearnings in Prose and Poetry, Stanley Barlow entertains us with some stories and sketches--many of them from Appalachia as he experienced it growing up. He engages us in some thinking about education, religion, and personal identity. Here too are some poems--new and selected.

The yarns and sketches are for the most part true. Some come from my humorist years, writes the author. The play, Mostly Anecdotal, I hope reads like a short story: it centers on a colorful professor in Oregon, and at the same time, it argues the importance of career counseling in our schools and colleges.

Much of the narrative in the book reflects my years as an educator in Tennessee, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, and New York.

This book also includes some deep thoughts lets say, jottings that are pensivehence I call them Pensees--that are like Wagnerian chords seeking resolution. They are for conversation. So also, are some of the eighty-one poems.

In Appalachia and Beyond, you will find the following:-- In Part One:

Twelve humorous stories and collectionsthe author calls them: Yarns--- that will tickle your funny bone,

and

Fourteen sketches/groups of sketches that highlight unique personalities.

In Part Two:

An original play: Mostly Anecdotal, features a certain colorful teacher named Jewell, and focuses on career counseling.

In Part Three: Twelve Pensees: Thoughts for conversationfrom the authors essays, notes and journalsdiscuss religious beliefs, personal identity questions, and the joys of poetic reverie.

In Part Four:

Forty-three new poems, under headings: 9/11, Devotions, Looking Back, Love Notes, and Questions

In Part Five:

Thirty-eight poems selected from Swimming Laps in August . . . (2001)

--with some revisions and notes.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherXlibris US
Release dateOct 14, 2005
ISBN9781477172742
Appalachia and Beyond: Yarns and Yearnings in Prose and Poetry
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James Stanley Barlow

James Stanley Barlow grew up in Johnson City, Tennessee. He and his wife Nell live in Leonia, N.J. and Bradenton FL. They have four children and eight grandchildren. A retired professor of philosophy (City U. of NY), he looks back on careers as air force navigator during WWII, Presbyterian minister, and college educator. His Ph. D. is from the University of St. Andrews, in Scotland. His collection of poems Swimming Laps in August . . . was published In 2001. Besides poetry, his writings include The Fall into Consciousness: "An Essay on Religion and Psychology."

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