In the tradition of Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio, and Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology, each of the 222 poems in this collection is narrated by a different resident of the fictional small town of Alliance, Illinois. Their voices, individual and yet familiar, describe the ordered simplicity of life in the American small town during the second half of the twentieth century. Dave Etter's themes and images come from the very lifeblood of prairie Illinois-rivers, trees, cornfields, wildlife, county fairs, railroads and, always, the people and the ever-changing seasons. Deceptively, invitingly simple on their surface, Etter's poems reveal upon careful examination a remarkable psychological insight and a careful craftsmanship. Alliance, Illinois is truly one of the great monuments of rural American literature.

Alliance, Illinois

Literature & Fiction

Etter, Dave

Poetry

Northwestern University Press

In the tradition of Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio, and Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology, each of the 222 poems in this collection is narrated by a different resident of the fictional small town of Alliance, Illinois.  Their voices, individual and yet familiar, describe the ordered simplicity of life in the American small town during the second half of the twentieth century.  Dave Etter's themes and images come from the very lifeblood of prairie Illinois-rivers, trees, cornfields, wildlife, county fairs, railroads and, always, the people and the ever-changing seasons.  Deceptively, invitingly simple on their surface, Etter's poems reveal upon careful examination a remarkable psychological insight and a careful craftsmanship.  Alliance, Illinois is truly one of the great monuments of rural American literature.

Alliance, Illinois: Poems

Kylix Pr

Cornfields

Spoon River Poetry Pr

In the tradition of Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio, and Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology, each of the 222 poems in this collection is narrated by a different resident of the fictional small town of Alliance, Illinois. Their voices, individual and yet familiar, describe the ordered simplicity of life in the American small town during the second half of the twentieth century. Dave Etter's themes and images come from the very lifeblood of prairie Illinois-rivers, trees, cornfields, wildlife, county fairs, railroads and, always, the people and the ever-changing seasons. Deceptively, invitingly simple on their surface, Etter's poems reveal upon careful examination a remarkable psychological insight and a careful craftsmanship. Alliance, Illinois is truly one of the great monuments of rural American literature.

Home State: A Prose Poem

Signed by the author on the half-title page.

Selected Poems

Review\nAlmost Paradise 
 Black Russians 
 Blues For The Common Man 
 Blues Night 
 Boo Boo 
 Caboose 
 Callie Jo 
 Cantina 
 Carnival 
 Coda 
 College Boy 
 The Color Of Sadness 
 Cool In The Summer Breeze 
 Culture 
 Czechoslovakia 
 Daylight On The Mexican Border 
 The Dewey Bar 
 Drink And Agriculture 
 Fat Chance 
 Flesh 
 Gabby 
 Ground Fog 
 Heat Lightning 
 How Long Has This Been Going On? 
 On The Banks Of Money Creek 
 Quintet 
 Reception 
 Red Beans And Rice 
 Redball 
 Rhonda, The Full Moon, And Richard Brautigan 
 Ribs 
 Save The Last Dance For Me 
 Shindig 
 Sixties 
 Sonny Rollins 
 Spanish 
 Spontaneous Combustion 
 Strawberry Moon 
 The Summer Wind 
 The Sweetest Little Woman In New Orleans 
 Tequila 
 Too Late To Turn Back Now 
 Very Warm For Love 
 Weinstock's Daughter 
 The Widower On New Year's Eve 
 A Wife's Tale 
 A Wish To Be On The Road 
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Table of Poems from

Carnival

Plains Pr

How High the Moon Paperback - 1996

How High the Moon

Spoon River

The Essential Dave Etter

Spoon River Poetry Press

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Alliance, Illinois

Alliance, Illinois: Poems

Cornfields

Alliance, Illinois

Home State: A Prose Poem

Selected Poems

Carnival

How High the Moon

The Essential Dave Etter