Driving with the Dead: Poems Martin Blumenson for some families

for some families

A beautifully written and pitch-perfect depiction of both the dark underbelly of 1970s Glasgow—its music

living in teepees and enjoying harmony with fellow humans and nature

You are too smart to drown

Driving with the Dead: Poems Martin Blumenson for some familiesAppalachia is no stranger to loss. The region suffers regular ecological devastation wrought by strip mining, fracking, and deforestation as well as personal tragedy brought on by enduring poverty and drug addiction. In Driving with the Dead, Appalachian poet, teacher, and artist Jane Hicks weaves an earnest and impassioned elegy for an imperiled yet doggedly optimistic people and place. Exploring the roles that war, environment, culture, and violence