Three brand new prose poems from Tim Peeler that resonate with the swelter that is the South. Peeler breathes new life into the tropes of the relentless Southern desperation of poverty and powerlessness.

This edition has a special design that heightens its storytelling effect.

150 pages, 6x9.

Tim Peeler is the Hunter S. Thompson of Southern poetry.

—Ron Rash, author of Serena

Some books don’t fit into categories. And some poets don’t. For a number of years now, Tim Peeler has been creating unique, character driven poetry sequences about folks who are neither proud nor ashamed of their poverty.

—Mike James, author of Back Alley Saints at the Tiki Bar

Tim Peeler is a retired educator from Western North Carolina who has written twenty-two books of poetry, short stories, and regional history. He has twice been a finalist for the Casey Award for baseball book of the year, and five of his books are housed in library at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY.Most recently he has collaborated with the Appalachian photographer Clayton Young on books that combine verse narratives and rural images.