Bobby Rogers
Bobby C. Rogers is Professor of English and Writer-in-Residence at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. His book Paper Anniversary won the Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize and was nominated for the Poets' Prize. LSU will publish his next book, Social History, in early 2016 as part of their Southern Messenger Poets series. He has recently received a grant from the NEA and been named Witter Bynner Fellow at the Library of Congress. He lives in Memphis with his wife and son and daughter. Social History
My hands were on the wheel but no one would have called it driving that morning Rube Lacey took me for a ride on his tractor. “The boy won’t forget this,” I heard my father say as he boosted me … Continue reading
Lost Highway
you’ll curse the day… —Hank Williams Years after the fact, he would say it was just the right time to make a move when he was invited to come into the bank, but he could see his path blocked by … Continue reading