Going Places - Paperback

by Diane Kistner (Editor), Elaine Fowler Palencia (Author)

In GOING PLACES, Elaine Fowler Palencia's third poetry chapbook, she continues to explore the themes of her two collections of Appalachian fiction: identity rooted in place and family, exile and return, childhood, and lost Edens. Grounded in history and the western literary tradition, these poems bring together imagery from fairy tales, the Civil War, bluegrass music, spectral visits, Abraham Lincoln, mountaintop removal, regional speech, and Greek statuary to make surprising connections. The poetry is imbued with the grace, gentle irony, humor, and social concern of her distinctive storyteller's voice.

Author Biography

Elaine Fowler Palencia is the author of six books of fiction and two other poetry chapbooks, Taking the Train and The Dailiness of It. Her work has received four Pushcart Prize nominations and awards from the Illinois Arts Council, Iowa Woman, the Kentucky State Poetry Society, Appalachian Heritage, Willow Review, Passager, Heartland Review, and other places. A native of Morehead, Kentucky, she lives in Champaign, Illinois, where she is the director of the Red Herring Fiction Workshop and a member of the Quintessential Poets. She is the book review editor for Pegasus.