"...and I love you, reader, who knows so little about me —who tries not to,but can't help but judge me for how I say these things so causally— how my drawlreappears like azalea blossoms in spring, thenpoof!Gone with the first rain."~The World In Nine Persimmons Kerry James Evans traces a geography both intimate and far-flung—Tuscaloosa…

Kerry James Evans is the author of Nine Persimmons (Backwaters Press, 2026) and Bangalore (Copper Canyon), a Lannan Literary Selection. He earned a PhD in English from Florida State University, an MFA in Creative Writing from Southern Illinois University–Carbondale, and a BA in English from Missouri State University. How does one write about their own book? What do I want to share?

ANDREW HUDGINS <br> Preachers are always sure that it’s up or down / heaven or hell.  And hell, they could be right / or death could just be like light switched off / and there’s no soul to be set fre...

Kerry James Evans is an associate professor of English at Georgia College and State University, where he coordinates the MFA and undergraduate creative writing programs. He is the author of the poetry collection Bangalore. A recipient of a 2015 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and a Walter E. Dakin Fellowship from the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, his poems have appeared in&hellip;

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