02628nam 2200529 450 991078827630332120150608011019.01-4985-0519-81-4985-0520-1(CKB)2670000000618747(EBL)2058194(OCoLC)910325589(SSID)ssj0001497779(PQKBManifestationID)12621197(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001497779(PQKBWorkID)11500593(PQKB)11254340(MiAaPQ)EBC2058194(EXLCZ)99267000000061874720150609h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrJames Larkin Pearson a biography of North Carolina's longest serving poet laureate /Gregory S. TaylorLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,2015.©20151 online resource (247 p.)Description based upon print version of record.Print version: Taylor, Gregory S. James Larkin Pearson : a biography of North Carolina's longest serving poet laureate. Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, c2015 xix, 225 pages 9781498505192 2015008687 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Images; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: The Mark; Chapter Two: "Over the Range"; Chapter Three: "C-o-r-a"; Chapter Four: The Fool-Killer; Chapter Five: The Fool-Killer; Chapter Six: The Will to Get Well; Chapter Seven: The Pleasure and the Pain; Chapter Eight: "The Soul of Poetry"; Chapter Nine: Poet Laureate; Chapter Ten: Immortality, Poetry, and Politics; Chapter Eleven: My Fingers and My Toes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author<span><span>This biography of James Larkin Pearson employs the poet laureate's words, poems, and prose to tell his life story and to examine modern poetry, amateur journalism, and North Carolina history. The work also examines the Tar Heel spirit and studies the benefits and pitfalls that accrue for those who chart their own path through life. </span></span><br /><span><span> </span></span><br /><span><span> </span></span>Poets, American20th centuryBiographyPoets laureateNorth CarolinaBiographyPoets, AmericanPoets laureate811/.52Taylor Gregory S.1152715MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788276303321James Larkin Pearson3677362UNINA