Practice (Further Reading)

Further Reading

• Barge, Laura, "Changing Forms of Pastoral Poetry in Southern Poetry," in Southern Literary Journal, Vol. 26, No. 1, Fall 1993, pp. 30 – 42.

  Barge reviews the work of past and contemporary southern writers and their presentation of pastoral themes and images. In addition to discussing one of Voigt's poems, Barge looks at the work of John Crowe Ransom, Alice Walker, and other poets.

• Farrell, Kate, ed., Art and Nature: An Illustrated Anthology of Nature Poetry, Bulfinch, 1992.

  The use of nature in poetry is a longstanding tradition, and this book brings another dimension to that tradition by pairing 186 poems with artwork from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Although this book does not contain Voigt's work, it is a good visual tool for understanding the richness of nature in poetry.

• Orr, Gregory, and Ellen Bryant Voigt, eds., Poets Teaching Poets: Self and the World, University of Michigan Press, 1996.

  This book contains essays written by lecturers at the respected Warren Wilson Master of Fine Arts program in writing, which was established by Voigt. These essays draw heavily on the history and traditions of poetry and on the great poets of the past to offer guidance for poets seeking to hone their craft.

• Yeatts, Todd McGregor, Danville, Arcadia Publishing, 2005.

  More than 200 photographs complement this book, which relates the history and charms of Danville, Virginia — Voigt's hometown — and explains how it has changed over the years. Yeatts also considers what the future may hold for this town, whose popularity is growing.