| The Pink Institution Contributor(s): Saterstrom, Selah (Author) |
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ISBN: 1566891558 ISBN-13: 9781566891554 Publisher: Coffee House Press OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2004 Annotation: Interweaving visceral, atmospheric prose with historical photographs, images and texts, "The Pink Institution traces four generations of Mississippi women from their run-down, post-Civil War plantations to the modern-day trailer parks that house the youngest generations. As the impoverished decay of the Deep South expresses itself through their bloodlines, a new impression of Southern history and heritage emerges. The lyrical gravity and singular style of this unforgettable debut novel will transform the reader in its wake. Selah Saterstrom's writing has appeared in "3rd Bed" and "Pitkin Review," She is the editor of "Soul Collections," a collection of prose and poetry written by at-risk teenagers in North Carolina. Born in Mississippi in 1974, she now lives in Asheville, North Carolina, where she teaches at Warren Wilson College. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2004000668 |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 5" W x 7.46" (0.38 lbs) 140 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - South - Geographic Orientation - Mississippi - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Interweaving visceral, atmospheric prose with historical photographs, images and texts, The Pink Institution traces four generations of Mississippi women from their run-down, post-Civil War plantations to the modern-day trailer parks that house the youngest generations. As the impoverished decay of the Deep South expresses itself through their bloodlines, a new impression of Southern history and heritage emerges. The lyrical gravity and singular style of this unforgettable debut novel will transform the reader in its wake.Selah Saterstrom's writing has appeared in 3rd Bed and Pitkin Review. She is the editor of Soul Collections, a collection of prose and poetry written by at-risk teenagers in North Carolina. Born in Mississippi in 1974, she now lives in Asheville, North Carolina, where she teaches at Warren Wilson College. |