Professor Emerita Kelly Cherry has two new books out. Her latest collection of poetry is The Retreats of Thought, a book-length sonnet sequence that explores the philosophical domain, addressing classic questions, raising new ones, and sometimes doing philosophy in fourteen lines.
And a starred review in Booklist says of her new collection of essays, Girl in the Library: On Women Writers and the Writing Life, "Piquant essays on family history and coming-of-age are deepened by reflections on beauty, art, and vocation. In fresh and inquiring portraits of exceptional southern women writers--Eudora Welty, Elizabeth Hardwick, Mary Ward Brown, Bobbie Ann Mason--Cherry explores the nature of a literary life." Library Journal adds, "Cherry explores the craft of writing, tracing her own development from rebellious college student to award-winning author of 19 books... Cherry's story will prove inspirational to aspiring writers as will her critical essays."
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