Ornament

by Anna Lena Phillips Bell

Winner, Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry

In this debut collection, Anna Lena Phillips Bell explores the foothills of the Eastern U.S., and the old-time Appalachian tunes and Piedmont blues she was raised to love. With formal dexterity--in ballads and sonnets, Sapphics and amphibrachs--the poems in Ornament traverse the permeable boundary between the body and the natural world.

"Ornament is a kind of tribute album. The poet, who is also...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574416650
• ISBN13: 9781574416657
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: University of North Texas Press
• Length: 84 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"