The South of the South: An Interview With a New Voice, Ian Hall, About His Debut Collection CREEKWATER MANSIONS
Creekwater Mansions | EastOver Press | $19.99 Ian Hall’s debut collection Creekwater Mansions is a book with heft, literally and figuratively. At 140 pages of poetry, complete with Appalachian colloquialisms and references to French philosophers, Hall melds the sacred and profane effortlessly as his speakers battle bellyaches in outhouses and praise the piety of their mothers. All the while, Hall writes in a voice and timbre so genuine that we feel as though we’re riding shotgun with windows...