The Land We Dreamed: Poems
University Press of Kentucky
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“The poems in The Land We Dreamed are visions of a place, Kentucky, through deep time, all those years of beauty and blood.  They give us not just how it was, but how it felt.  They’re a true gift.”  – Kim Stanley Robinson

 

 

 

Rafting Rise
University Press of Florida
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“Rafting Rise is a terrific book, the richly detailed evocation of an entire world, and an important contribution to the literature of the rural South.” –Ted Kooser

 

 

 

 

 

The Presence of Snow in the Tropics
Singapore, Landmark Books.
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Out of print

“With lean lines and a keen eye for the apt metaphor, Joe Survant uncovers in his poems beauty, potency and ambiguity in the Malaysian landscape.” –Chin Woon Ping

 

 

 

 

 

Anne & Alpheus
1842-1882
University of Arkansas Press ( Arkansas Poetry Prize)
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“Anne & Alpheus is a triumphant look at life one hundred years ago, yes, but it is also a hymn to what is best and lasting in the human spirit.” –Lola Haskins

 

 

 

 

 

We Will All Be Changed
Brockport, NY: State Street Press
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