A Poetics of an outsider

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A Caucasian poet who grew up in the American South discusses how the region's history of racial injustice and the atrocities of Jim Crow were major influences on his work. He also reflects on the continued racial discrimination in U.S. educational institutions.

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The southern poet as expatriate

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An expatriate Southern poet addresses the complex emotional and social reasons that compel writers to leave the region. She argues that the conflicting desire to return and the refusal to go back are reflected in expatriates' work.

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On being a southern poet

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The author contemplates the significance of being a southern poet and identifies the diverse cultural and historical elements of the American South that have influenced his works.

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