Description
Poetry. "Bob Snyder was an igniting force in the Appalachian Literary Movement of the 1970s. I could talk about his influences—Beats, Basho, Bluegrass, Jazz, Catullus, Villon—but, as in the best of art, the poetry Snyder created from all he inhaled was itself an influence on a whole new generation of writers. He wrote with a 'milky way accent,' never negating the particularity of that mountainous part of the galaxy from which he hailed, but never accepting anyone else's definition of what being an Appalachian poet should mean. What a thrill, a quarter century after his death, to have been able to hear Bob Snyder's poetic voice again in this collection, to listen as 'each warm black note sang itself again.'"—Pauletta Hansel
Author Bio
Bob Snyder (1937-1995) was from St. Marys, West Virginia. He was the son of Robert W. and Malwina Snyder, and a graduate of St. Marys High School. A well known poet and literary critic, he was the author of We'll See Who's a Peasant (1977). He was an Editor of Soupbean Anthology (1977) and the periodical What's a Nice Hillbilly Like You.? He graduated from West Virginia University with a BA, the University of Cincinnati with an MA and from Harvard University with an EdD He taught at Lesley College in Cambridge, MA and from 1972 to 1978 he was the Director of Antioch College/Appalachia in Beckley, WV.
Author City: USA