Call for Book Reviews If you would like to review one of the following for on-line Elder Mountain, please email me at philliphowerton@missouristate.edu, and I'll ship it. Monster Fish: Caught in the Ethics of Angling, by Mark Spitzer Cryptozarkia, by Mark Spitzer The Bystanders, by Dawn Major Wild Muse: Ozarks Nature Poetry, by Albin, Carlisle, Guerin, Han, … [Read more...] about Call for Book Reviews
Missouri State-West Plains Garnett Library Friday, June 2 11:00 C. D. Albin Dr. Albin is a professor of English at Missouri State-West Plains. He has published a short-story collection, Hard Toward Home, and a poetry collection, Axe, Fire, Mule. He received the Missouri Author Award from the Missouri Library Association in 2017. 12:00 Phillip … [Read more...] about Author Talks at Garnett Library, June 2-3
Agnes Vojta grew up in Germany and started writing poetry as a child. She spent a few years in California, Oregon, and England and now lives in Rolla, Missouri, where she teaches physics at Missouri S&T and hikes the Ozarks. Her poems have appeared in a variety of magazines and literary journals, and she is the author of Porous Land (Spartan Press, 2019), The … [Read more...] about Agnes Vojta: Poetry
Book Announcement Wild Muse: Ozarks Nature Poetry Featuring poetry from C. D. Albin, Wendy Taylor Carlisle, Paulette Guerin, John J. Han, Phillip Howerton, Gerry Sloan, Mark Spitzer, Agnes Vojta, and Amy Wright Vollmar. Description Wild Muse is a collection of contemporary poetry engaging Ozarks nature and environment. Some topics and themes explored here are … [Read more...] about Wild Muse: Ozarks Nature Poetry
Cultural Pillaging: Anthony Bourdain and the Exoticization of Ozark Culture By Justin Bergh On January 8, 2002, Food Network aired the premiere episode of A Cook’s Tour hosted by Anthony Bourdain. The episode’s title sequence immediately established the show’s deliberate divergence from the cooking demonstration structure of previously successful food television shows. … [Read more...] about Cultural Pillaging: Anthony Bourdain and the Exoticization of Ozark Culture