Old Rags and Iron: New and Selected Poems

Old Rags and Iron is a collection of narrative poems about the life experiences of working-class people...
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Author: R. F. McEwen
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Old Rags and Iron: New and Selected Poems by McEwen, R. F.

Old Rags and Iron: New and Selected Poems

$51.63

Old Rags and Iron: New and Selected Poems

$51.63
Author: R. F. McEwen
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Old Rags and Iron is a collection of narrative poems about the life experiences of working-class people with whom the author, R. F. McEwen, is not only acquainted but whose lives he has shared. McEwen supplemented his income as a teacher while working as a professional logger and tree trimmer, and he writes with great love and respect for blue-collar families.

Set primarily in the back-of-the-yard neighborhood of South Side Chicago, where McEwen grew up, as well as Pine Ridge, South Dakota, western Nebraska, Ireland, and elsewhere, the poems celebrate many voices and stories. Utilizing tree-trimming as a central metaphor, these poems of blank verse fictions reverberate like truth.

Author: R. F. McEwen
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 03/01/2025
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.49lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d
ISBN: 9781496241894

About the Author
R. F. McEwen was born in Chicago, Illinois. Since 1962 he has been a professional logger and tree trimmer, and he has taught English in Chadron, Nebraska, since 1972. McEwen is the author of several books, most recently The Big Sandy, Bill's Boys and Other Poems, and And There's Been Talk . . .

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