Lines in Long Array: A Civil War Commemoration: Poems and Photographs, Past and Present

by David C. Ward (Editor), Frank H. Goodyear III (Editor)

Lines in Long Array demonstrates the enduring impact of the Civil War on American culture by presenting poems and photographs from both the past and present, including 12 wholly new poems by contemporary poets created especially for this volume.

Includes previously unpublished poetry by Eavan Boland, Geoffrey Brock, Nikki Giovanni, Jorie Graham, John Koethe, Yusef Komunyakaa, Paul Muldoon, Steve Scafidi, Jr., Michael Schmidt, Dave Smith, Tracy K. Smith, and C. D. Wright. Also includes historic poems by Ethel Lynn Beers, Ambrose Bierce, George H. Boker, Emily Dickinson, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Julia Ward Howe, Herman Melville, Francis Orray Ticknor, Henry Timrod, Walt Whitman, and John Greenleaf Whittier.

136 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2013

Reviews

[Lauren Shaw · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful and haunting. I can't decide what I like best about this book. The pictures are amazing. I had never seen the majority of these. The poems both classic and modern are such a fitting and elegiac tribute to this dark time in US history. If you're a Civil War buff, a lover of poetry, or just open to a unique experience, then check out this amazing collection.