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Blue Etiquette - by Kathleen Driskell (Paperback)

Blue Etiquette - by  Kathleen Driskell (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Best-selling poet Kathleen Driskell's newest collection <i>Blue Etiquette</i> is inspired by Emily Post's 1922 edition of <i>Etiquette</i> and explores the interactions between the haves and have nots through poems voiced by Mrs. Worldly and the Between Maid, narratives focusing on blue-collar Americans, and lyrics drifting through the blue etiquette of mourning beloveds.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>When Kathleen Driskell pulled an old edition of Emily Post's <i>Etiquette</i> from the used bookstore shelf and blew dust off the blue linen cover, she instantly found herself and her family within those pages--not as the Worldlys, Oldlineages, or the Gildings (archetypes Post created to demonstrate how to properly manage a grand house full of servants), but as the housemaids, cooks, and useful men working for those very rich. The noted poet--whose collection <i>Seed Across Snow</i> was twice listed as a national bestseller by the Poetry Foundation--explores class, the workplace, and those tense interactions between the haves and the have nots in her new collection. As America watches its middle-class quickly decline, <i>Blue Etiquette</i> rings with relevance.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Kathleen Driskell is an award-winning poet and teacher. Her poetry collections include most recently <i>Next Door to the Dead</i> and <i>Seed Across Snow</i>, listed as a national bestseller by the Poetry Foundation. Driskell's poems have appeared in many literary journals including the <i>Southern Review, North American Review, Shenandoah</i>, and <i>Rattle</i> and are featured online on <i>Poetry Daily, Verse Daily</i>, and in <i>American Life in Poetry</i>. At Spalding University, Kathleen is professor of creative writing and a director of the low-residency MFA program. She lives with her family in Louisville, Kentucky in an old country church built before the American Civil War. <br>

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