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Looking For Native Ground: The Appalachian Poetry of Jim Wayne Miller and Fred Chappell

Looking For Native Ground: The Appalachian Poetry of Jim Wayne Miller and Fred Chappell Looking For Native Ground The Appalachian Poetry of Jim Wayne Miller and Fred Chappell by Rita S. Quillen ß*ij» .....I THE POETRY OF FRED CHAPPELL Fred Chappell's first book of poetry, The World Between The Eyes, is not a thematically unified collection. The poems deal with a variety of subjects and ideas from children to baseball. Whereas Miller often uses end rhyme and tightly controlled sonnet form, Chappell's poetry can take any form, any shape. His language is bold, even shocking, but always appropriate to his subject. If any theme predominates at all in The World Between The Eyes, it is rebellion. I think the book is about the young Fred Chappell, who is trying to break out, to express his individuality. Growing up to be the intellectual, the thinking, caring writer is never easy. I think it is fair to say it can be harder, due to economic and cultural factors, to do so in the outlands of Appalachia than in some other American settings. One of the first poems, "Tin Roof Blues," is Chappell's opening description of Canton, North Carolina. It would surely deter anyone thinking of visiting the place. It is a stinking, dirty, noisy http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

Looking For Native Ground: The Appalachian Poetry of Jim Wayne Miller and Fred Chappell

Quillen, Rita S.
Appalachian Review , Volume 11 (3) – Jan 8, 1983
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Looking For Native Ground The Appalachian Poetry of Jim Wayne Miller and Fred Chappell by Rita S. Quillen ß*ij» .....I THE POETRY OF FRED CHAPPELL Fred Chappell's first book of poetry, The World Between The Eyes, is not a thematically unified collection. The poems deal with a variety of subjects and ideas from children to baseball. Whereas Miller often uses end rhyme and tightly controlled sonnet form, Chappell's poetry can take any form, any shape. His language is bold, even shocking, but always appropriate to his subject. If any theme predominates at all in The World Between The Eyes, it is rebellion. I think the book is about the young Fred Chappell, who is trying to break out, to express his individuality. Growing up to be the intellectual, the thinking, caring writer is never easy. I think it is fair to say it can be harder, due to economic and cultural factors, to do so in the outlands of Appalachia than in some other American settings. One of the first poems, "Tin Roof Blues," is Chappell's opening description of Canton, North Carolina. It would surely deter anyone thinking of visiting the place. It is a stinking, dirty, noisy

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Appalachian Review – University of North Carolina Press

Published: Jan 8, 1983

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