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Book SynopsisWhen James T Whitehead (or 'Big Jim', as friends knew him) passed away in 2003, Fayetteville and the University of Arkansas lost one of its finest poets and beloved teachers. This anthology collects original poetry, short fiction, essays, and remembrances of Whitehead. It celebrates the man's life and contribution to American letters.
Trade Review"I have relished Jim's poetry and consider Joiner to be one of the South's best novels. He meant a lot to me, and I'm grateful for his friendship." - President Jimmy Carter "I know Jim is more present in death than most people ever are in life. All those ways he had of feeding us - 'Fennelly, have you read Milton?' he'd demand; 'you of all people need Milton,' and he of course was right - all of those ways he fed us have become part of us, embodied and alive in us.... He gave himself to us, and if we went on to become writers, he writes through us." - Beth Ann Fennelley, author of Unmentionables: Poems"
