George Scarbrough, Appalachian Poet: A Biographical and Literary Study with Unpublished Writings

Randy Mackin

George Scarbrough, Appalachian Poet: A Biographical and Literary Study with Unpublished Writings
Format
Paperback
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc
Country
United States
Published
10 August 2011
Pages
220
ISBN
9780786463718

George Scarbrough, Appalachian Poet: A Biographical and Literary Study with Unpublished Writings

Randy Mackin

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A writer’s writer, East Tennessee poet and novelist George Scarbrough enjoyed a career that spanned eight decades, including numerous awards and a 1990 Pulitzer Prize nomination for Invitation to Kim. This literary biography makes use of Scarbrough’s personal journals to tie his literature to his life, and includes previously unpublished poetry, letters, and prose pieces provided by Scarbrough. He has been somewhat overlooked during his lifetime, but this book demonstrates that he is among the best poets of the 20th century and draws new attention to an enduring body of work that included one novel and five collections of verse.

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