Railsplitter , the seventh collection from Pulitzer Prize Finalist and Guggenheim Fellow Maurice Manning, envisions the role of poetry in the life of Abraham Lincoln. Manning, who writes each piece in Lincoln’s persona, provides a lasting reflection on how poetry guided and shaped the President’s mind while leading a divided nation. Equal parts prophetic and rich in both rural folklore and literary allusions—from Shakespeare, to Whitman, to Poe, to the comedic— Railsplitter transcends the...
• Pulitzer Prize in poetry finalist• Yale Younger Poets Award winner for his first book, selected by W.S. Merwin• Guggenheim Fellow• Southern regional appeal• Extensive past media coverage, including New York Times Book Review and NPR's «All Things Considered»
