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Title: Stories I Ain't Told Nobody Yet: Selections from the People Pieces by Jo Carson ISBN: 1-55936-027-5 Publisher: Theatre Communications Group Pub. Date: May, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Easy to overlook the complexity of these "simple" poems
Comment: Don't dismiss the complexity of these "simple" poems too early. Jo Carson's STORIES I AIN'T TOLD NOBODY YET gives voice to an often misunderstood culture, and when we listen to this voice, we learn that economic differences are overshadowed by similarities of dreams, wants, and concerns. Carson's collection of poems might be described as an oral history in verse. These aren't the rhyming poems of greetings cards or the poised verse of classic poetry anthology. These are poems in the style of someone talking to you, or, perhaps even more powerfully, the style of overhearing others in a candid conversation. (Carson gives credit to overhearing many of these dialogues.) The result is simple language addressing complex themes. Loosely divided into main sections like Family and Work, the poems center on rural peoples' perspectives. Sure, economic hardship is a common theme, but more universal themes of family, responsibility, and dignity are also addressed. Yes, the simple language of the poems allows for a quick read. But a reader would be wise to give the collection a second read. And a third. And so on. There are layers to these simple dialogues, and even lessons to be learned. Literature can sometimes bridge the gap of misunderstanding between groups, cultures, etc. Although simple in language, this is literature that can do just that.
Rating: 3
Summary: Solid rural poetry
Comment: Jo Carson lives and works in East Tennessee, and her work, in this book, has been taking overhard conversations around her, modifying the language into something that approximates folk poetry, and writing it down. Normally, this is a recipe for disaster. However, Carson's ear is finely-tuned enough that what comes out more often than not does resemble both rural dialect and poetry. And that in itself is more than enough reason to consider this a noteworthy book. But every once in a while, the stories she tells are the kind that tug at the heart without the naked appeal of obvious emotional manipulation (though there's certainly some of that here, too; if you go into this not expecting to find the cliched "boy, I wish people wouldn't treat East Tennessee folk like hicks," you're going to be disappointed-- but Carson does amnage to keep it to a minimum). A good, solid volume that's worth a quick read. ***
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Title: Kinfolks: The Wilgus Stories by Gurney Norman ISBN: 0917788109 Publisher: Gnomon Press Pub. Date: November, 1977 List Price(USD): $12.50 |
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Title: What My Heart Wants to Tell by Verna Mae Slone ISBN: 0813101743 Publisher: University Press of Kentucky Pub. Date: October, 1988 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The GOOD BROTHER: A Memoir of Coming Home by Chris Offutt ISBN: 0684846195 Publisher: Scribner Paperback Fiction Pub. Date: 27 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: River of Earth by James Still ISBN: 0813113725 Publisher: University Press of Kentucky Pub. Date: July, 1978 List Price(USD): $17.50 |
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Title: Our Southern Highlanders: A Narrative of Adventure in the Southern Appalachians and a Study of Life Among the Mountaineers by Horace, Kephart, George Ellison ISBN: 0870492039 Publisher: Univ of Tennessee Pr Pub. Date: February, 1977 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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