{"product_id":"the-girl-singer-poems-paperback","title":"The Girl Singer: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarianne Worthington\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeminism, Appalachian culture, and country music: three threads beautifully woven into one in Marianne Worthington's poetry collection \u003ci\u003eThe Girl Singer\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poet grew up in urban Appalachia, listening to country and folk music and letting it live within her. The speakers in \u003ci\u003eThe Girl Singer\u003c\/i\u003e offer lyrical celebrations of the women who performed that music and recite their stories anew. The girl singer is also the poet--one who traces loss through turning seasons, monitors the patterns of neighborhood wildlife, and creates a sisterhood for singing old songs in new ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Girl Singer\u003c\/i\u003e is part family history, part music, and part nature walk. Worthington's attentive eye and heart are reflected in the starkly striking and painful images she paints in the poems. Every poem, whether describing a connection with Appalachian wildlife, retelling the lyrics of a classic country tune, reflecting on the speaker's bloodline, or giving voice to famous musical figures of the past, strikes a powerful chord.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eMarianne Worthington\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, editor, and cofounder of \u003ci\u003eStill: The Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives and teaches in southeastern Kentucky. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eOxford American, CALYX, Grist, Cheap Pop, Chapter 16, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eother outlets. She is coeditor, with Silas House, of\u003ci\u003e Piano in a Sycamore: Writing Lessons from the Appalachian Writers' Workshop\u003c\/i\u003e and is author of a poetry chapbook.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 02, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50408020902125,"sku":"9781950564194","price":21.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/the-girl-singer-poems-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}