Candler Poet Andrew Clark Draws Roadmap Of Southern Turmoil, Hurt, Hope - a podcast by Blue Ridge Public Radio - BPR Arts & Performance

from 2020-01-07T06:00

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In his debut collection, titled "Jesus in the Trailer," Andrew Clark's poetry reads like connected but fragmented short stories. Clark, who lives in Candler, sees this work as a sort of roadmap of hurt, turmoil and hope in the American Southeast. "There's some darker moments in the book. Addiction is a topic that comes up, violence comes up. I try to talk about race relations in the South," Clark said. "I try to talk about the beauty of what we have as southerners but also try not to mask the

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