"Best Creative Nonfiction of the South, of which this Virginia collection is the first volume, serves as a valuable resource for scholars, students, writers, and general readers interested in creative nonfiction both from specific areas of the South and across the region as a whole. The writers included in each volume come from diverse backgrounds, generations, and artistic traditions. Most, if not all, volumes in the series indirectly r ..."
"Texas sprawls. No other state can claim such varied nationalities, geographies, and cultural richness a largesse of natural resources, cityscapes, and landscapes of every ecosystem. With a unique, raucous, and rich history, Texas also abounds with some of the most diverse contemporary poets, many of whom consider themselves Southern, and the eighth volume of "The Southern Poetry Anthology" reflects this variegation with poems both trad ..."