"A Horse with Holes in It, Greg Alan Brownderville’s third collection of poetry, employs inventive phrasing and vivid imagery to construct a particular life marked by religion, confused by desire, dulled by alcohol, and darkened by death. But Brownderville also skillfully uses humor to soften the disquieting images that haunt these stanzas. Strange stories wind through these poems: Two method actors live as lovers in a wartorn city and t ..."
Gust Poems by GregAlanBrownderville Paperback, 136 Pages, Published 2011 by Triquarterly ISBN-13: 978-0-8101-5221-2, ISBN: 0-8101-5221-5
"Irresistible in its color and momentum, Greg Alan Brownderville's debut collection explores the competing mysticisms of his boyhood: the Voudou of his native Arkansas Delta and the Pentecostalism embodied by his devil-hunting pastor, Brother Langston. On the one hand, "gust" sonically suggests "ghost," and wind is a metaphor for inspiration and the Holy Spirit. On the other hand, "gust" suggests urge and pleasure, especially of the gast ..."
"In Deep Down in the Delta, a book like no other, tales and poems by award-winning writer Greg Alan Brownderville are paired with paintings by "outsider" artist Billy Moore to evoke the Arkansas Delta in unforgettable fashion. One of the most soulful, most mysterious regions in America comes to life in words and pictures. Reminiscent of Jean Toomer's Cane and Alice Rae Yelen's Passionate Visions of the American South, this book lea ..."
"Yes, there is barbecue, but that’s just one course of the meal. With Vinegar and Char the Southern Foodways Alliance celebrates twenty years of symposia by offering a collection of poems that are by turns as sophisticated and complex, as vivid and funny, and as buoyant and poignant as any SFA gathering.The roster of contributors includes Natasha Trethewey, Robert Morgan, Atsuro Riley, Adrienne Su, Richard Blanco, Ed Madden, Nikky Finney ..."
"The hungrily awaited sixth volume in the Cornbread Nation series tells the story of the American South--circa now--through the prism of its food and the people who grow, make, serve, and eat it. The modern South serves up a groaning board of international cuisines virtually unknown to previous generations of Southerners, notes Brett Anderson in his introduction. Southern food, like the increasingly globalized South, shows an open and co ..."
Deep Down in the Delta(1st Edition) Folktales and Poems by GregAlanBrownderville Paperback, 174 Pages, Published 2005 by Doodlum Brothers Press ISBN-13: 978-0-9767118-0-3, ISBN: 0-9767118-0-X
"Welcome to the Delta. Feel the mystique of the oceanic landscape. Venture into an eerie cypress jungle and swim a haunted bayou. Facing flocks of ghosts and swarming, black blizzards of mosquitoes, native son Greg Alan Brownderville invites you along as he explores the present-day folklore of the birthplace of the blues. With a unique mixture of recently gathered folktales and his own original poems, he forsakes neither the dirt floor n ..."
"... to Sebastián Páramo, Charles Wuest, Dan Moss, and Johnny Wink for valuable
advice on several of these poems; ... to Brooks Lee, Babbie Lovett, and Rod
Kidwell for their Jaguar spirit; to Pamela Jane Brownderville for making sure I
found ..."
"A Horse with Holes in It, Greg Alan Brownderville’s third collection of poetry, employs inventive phrasing and vivid imagery to construct a particular life marked by religion, confused by desire, dulled by alcohol, and darkened by death."