Salvation Blues: One Hundred Poems, 1985-2005

Rodney Jones has long been praised for his masterly storytelling and the bold southern voice he brings to his poetry. Salvation Blues celebrates the range and evolution of his work over a twenty-year period with one hundred selected poems -- including twenty-four bold pieces published only in this collection.


Author: Rodney Jones
Publisher: Ecco Press
Published: 04/05/2007
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780618872268

Review Citation(s):
Kliatt 09/01/2007 pg. 32

About the Author
Jones, Rodney: - RODNEY JONES is the author of eleven books of poems. His many honors include the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Harper Lee Award, and the Kingsley Tufts Award, and he has been a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award, the Griffin International Poetry Prize, and the Pulitzer Prize. He teaches in the low-residency MFA creative writing program at Warren Wilson College and lives in New Orleans and Southern Illinois.