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Review Of "Homeworks: A Book Of Tennessee Writers", Bill Jolliff Oct 1996

Review Of "Homeworks: A Book Of Tennessee Writers", Bill Jolliff

Faculty Publications - Department of English

No abstract provided.


Review Of Powell's "Old And New Testaments", Bill Jolliff Jul 1996

Review Of Powell's "Old And New Testaments", Bill Jolliff

Faculty Publications - Department of English

No abstract provided.


Poems, Nancy Thomas Jan 1996

Poems, Nancy Thomas

Truth's Bright Embrace: Essays and Poems in Honor of Arthur O. Roberts

Poems include:

A Psalm for High Places
I Love Tangents
God at "The Penguin"
Metaphors for Transformation
An Ecumenical Quaker Draws the Line


Poems, Michael P. Graves Jan 1996

Poems, Michael P. Graves

Truth's Bright Embrace: Essays and Poems in Honor of Arthur O. Roberts

Poems include:

Pie in the Sky
The Iconoclast Has His Day


The Mother Tongue: Acquiring Language And Being Human, Rebecca Ankeny Jan 1996

The Mother Tongue: Acquiring Language And Being Human, Rebecca Ankeny

Truth's Bright Embrace: Essays and Poems in Honor of Arthur O. Roberts

One of my favorite Far Sides shows a spider on an analyst's couch, saying, "It's the same dream night after night...I walk out on my web, and suddenly a foot sticks-and then another foot sticks, and another, and another, and another...." Gary Larsen's spider expresses the impression that people who are fascinated by language have: language is like a web. I spin it out thinking that I have it under control, and suddenly it seems I am caught in the system of words. I open my mouth to speak, and suddenly words appear or disappear, the wrong words come, or …


Poems, Ed Higgins Jan 1996

Poems, Ed Higgins

Truth's Bright Embrace: Essays and Poems in Honor of Arthur O. Roberts

Poems include:

Astrobiography
Of Light
Galaxies
For the children of Dunblane, Scotland
Eve's Body
Silent Prayer