The Louisville Anthology

by Erin Keane

Overview

What is Louisville’s identity in the twenty-first century? Is it the Southernmost Midwestern city, the Midwestiest Southern town, or somewhere in between? Living on the border of two regions creates a hybrid sensibility full of contradictions that can be difficult to articulate beyond “from Louisville, not Kentucky.” In this collection of evocative essays and poems by natives and transplants, The Louisville Anthology offers locals and visitors a closer look at compelling private and public spaces in an attempt to articulate what defines Louisville beyond—but also inclusive of—its most recognized cultural exports.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781948742702
Publisher:	Belt Publishing
Publication date:	09/21/2020
Series:	Belt City Anthologies
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Erin Keane has lived in Louisville, where she currently teaches in Spalding University's School of Creative and Professional Writing and works as editor in chief at Salon.com, for more than twenty years. The author of three collections of poems, Keane has also served as an arts reporter and critic for the Courier Journal, Louisville's daily newspaper, and WFPL, Louisville's NPR news station.

Editorial Reviews

"Timely, angry.... We all know the song of Louisville’s dichotomies and paradoxes. But the writers ably dig deep here (especially about relations within and on the fringe of African American families)....A lot of the joy in this bittersweet book is in nostalgia. But the bitterness is honest and earned."—T.E. Lyons in LEO Weekly

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