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27 Views of Durham: The Bull City in Prose & Poetry

Eno Publishers builds on its successful 27 Views series by showcasing the literary community of Durham, North Carolina, in 27 Views of Durham: The Bull City in Prose & Poetry. The book features 27 writers, who in poetry, essays, short stories, and book excerpts focus on the town of Durham, famous for Duke University, tobacco, and Southern cuisine. The collection offers readers a broad and varied picture of life past and present in Durham, as well as a sense of the town's literary breadth. Contributing authors include Steve Schewel, Barry Saunders, Jean Anderson, Carl Kenney, Katy Munger, David Guy, Ariel Dorfman, Pierce Freelon, Miguel Rojas-Sotelo, Andre Vann, John Valentine, Shirlette Ammons, Jim Wise, and others.

From the publisher:

27 VIEWS of DURHAM: The Bull City in Prose & Poetry is an anthology of the city known for tobacco, diversity, sports, and grit. 27 Views of Durham casts a wide net, capturing the city’s ethos. Journalists, novelists, poets, essayists, and a song writer offer readers a broad and varied picture of life, present and past, in the legendary Southern city — from a history of the city’s first mayor, re-elected seven times, to a deeply personal essay about African American movie-going experiences, to reflections on the city’s overwhelming opposition to Amendment One, to an anthem that celebrates the Bull City.

Authors appreciate Durham’s tolerance and diversity, tout its vibrant arts and food scenes, and downtown revitalization. Yet they don’t shy away from its ongoing struggles. As Steve Schewel writes in his introduction, “Notwithstanding the surprising emergence of Durham as a cool place to live, our writers know that just over the centerfield fence at the gorgeous Durham Bulls Athletic Park ... looms the massive phalanx of the jail... Juxtaposed with the cool is the persistent reality of poverty . . .” The views create a literary montage of Durham, reflecting its social, historic, and creative fabric.

27 Views of Durham is the fourth book in Eno Publishers’s 27 Views series that features the literary communities of contemporary Southern towns. The series’s initial book was the award-winning 27 Views of Hillsborough, with an introduction by novelist Michael Malone, followed by 27 Views of Chapel Hill, published in 2011 with an introduction by Daniel Wallace, and 27 Views of Asheville.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 207
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780983247531
  • Release date
  • 2012