tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225335162150091875.post3809248532619631322..comments2023-08-21T09:43:31.707-06:00Comments on Name This Place: Progress: Springville Book of poemsJustin Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12161484350184865575noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225335162150091875.post-48244895209843570932011-11-21T17:43:09.427-07:002011-11-21T17:43:09.427-07:00Jeff:
I am straddling the fence on verifiable fac...Jeff:<br /><br />I am straddling the fence on verifiable fact and emotional truth. This book will certainly be rooted in several real histories of Springville, but I am including a disclaimer/apology to those who feel I have violated loyalty in the world of fact in favor of the narrative I tell in my book.<br /><br />I love Hugo's book, and certainly it is part of my consciousness in the process I have for the book.Justin Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12161484350184865575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225335162150091875.post-45408585729492953542011-11-21T17:29:41.454-07:002011-11-21T17:29:41.454-07:00Justin, I've been more and more interested in ...Justin, I've been more and more interested in poems about places in the past year or so. Lately, I've been absolutely obsessed with Richard Hugo, who wrote some achingly beautiful poems about the small towns in the Pacific Northwest and in Montana. "Degrees of Gray in Philipsburg" may be my current favorite poem. In my manuscript (*Brackish*), I have a long sequence of poems about the tiny towns that dot the Florida Panhandle, where I grew up. <br /><br />I'm really excited about your project because in a lot of ways, it mirrors my own. I love the titles you've listed above. I very much look forward to reading the manuscript in its entirety one day. <br /><br />Reading your post, I can't help thinking of Hugo's *The Triggering Town*, and I wonder about your own poetics. As a poet, do you feel a greater fidelity to verifiable fact or to emotional Truth? Hugo says that the town is a trigger--a place to begin the poem. The town allows the poet to find the "real" subject of the poem.Jeff Newberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07537370554735280893noreply@blogger.com