Confederate Jasmine
By Ann Lewis
1997
First Published
3.67
Average Rating
160
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The emphasis is on the "Poetic" of the subtitle. In this evocative collection of small essays, Ann Lewis paints lovely pictures in words, describing not only subtropical plants such as sea oats, magnolia, and kudzu, but also the (slightly fictionalized) people of her childhood in the South. Her spirit- of-place approach serves her, and the reader, very well. You've got to love a book that weaves together the graceful forget-me-not flower with a visit with an Elvis impersonator, wisteria and catalpa with William Faulkner—and that includes in the bargain an appendix listing "Towns with Good Names," among them Burnt Corn, Zip City, and Akbachoochee. Lewis' lovely prints, resembling herbarium pressings, accompany the text.
Avg Rating
3.67
Number of Ratings
21
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