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Description
Rooted in a particular place, the South and especially the Appalachian hills; in a long time, with poems dating from as early as 1932 and as late as 1981; and in the wide experience of a man who has been a farmer, lineman, preacher, organizer, deck hand, professor, and journalist. Land of Plenty is about America over the last half a century. It is about miners, freedom, racism, sharecroppers, family, love, loss, the South, laughter, labor, hunger, and heroism...Constance Adams West's spare illustrations make Land of Plenty still more beautiful." -Dave Roediger, Dept. of History, Northwestern U.
ISBN
0931122260
Publication Date
1985
Publisher
West End Press
City
Los Angeles, CA
Keywords
Appalachia, Appalachian, literature, poetry, miners, activism, Southern, South, civil rights, Don West, values, family, love, humanity, heroes, heroism, working class, workers, labor, sharecroppers, loss, poems, writings, prose, social activism, social activists, social justice, equality, human rights, social movements
Disciplines
Appalachian Studies | Creative Writing | English Language and Literature | Literature in English, North America | Poetry | Social Justice
Rights
No Copyright [Statement]: "Purposely this book is not copyrighted. Poetry and other creative efforts should be levers, weapons to be used in the people's struggle for understanding, human rights, and decency. 'Art for Art's Sake' is a misnomer. The poet can never be neutral. In a hungry world the struggle between oppressor and oppressed is unending. There is the inevitable question: 'Which side are you on?' To be content with things as they are, to be 'neutral,' is to take sides with the oppressor who also wants to keep the status quo. To challenge the power of oppression is the poet's responsibility. Such action helps to preserve and build faith and hope in humanity. Nothing raises the spirit of the people more. This is the major mission of poet or artist. Thus no copyright, no effort to restrict use. Groups or individuals are welcome to reproduce or use any or all parts of this book." -Don West
Recommended Citation
West, Don and West, Constance Adams, "In a Land of Plenty: A Don West Reader" (1985). Copyright-Free Books. 1.
https://digitalcommons.lmunet.edu/crfb/1
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