The Upstate Human figures depicted in art ‘This is every bit as

‘This is every bit as accomplished as Northedge’s debut The House Guest

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Bask in cataracts of mundane morphemes

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The Upstate Human figures depicted in art ‘This is every bit asPoetry that sings of southern Appalachian beauty and crisis. Set in a landscape of red sunsets and wildfire smoke, Queen Annes lace on the roadsides, and toxic chemicals in the watershed, Lindsay Turners The Upstate is a book about southern Appalachia in a contemporary moment of change and development. Layering a personal lyric voice with a broader awareness of labor issues and political and ecological crises, The Upstate redefines a regional poetics