Ten Ways of Looking at an Appalachian Woman: A Special Poetry Section
Poetry Editor's Note:
Last winter I attended a poetry workshop taught by Bill Brown where we read Wallace Stevens’ celebrated poem “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird," first published in 1917. Connie Jordan Green (also at the workshop) wrote her poem “Ten Ways of Looking at an Appalachian Woman” using Stevens' poem as a model. The poem rose up spontaneously from her pen at the workshop, and after I heard her read it, I immediately asked if we could publish it here. Her poem inspired me to look around to other poets' variations on her theme; thus, we present this special poetry section inspired by Connie's poem, "Ten Ways of Looking at an Appalachian Woman."
