Joshua Lavender with illustration by Stacy Reece

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Joshua Lavender with illustration by Stacy Reece

Snap Peas and Timber Rattlers

Poet Joshua Lavender, a South Georgia native, brings us verses that resurrect how folks talk in the country.

By Joshua Lavender with illustration by Stacy Reece /

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Two lifelong friends—one a poet, one a painter–talk about it all: labor, joy, and love; the value of slowness; the subtleties of structure; and how to “make it soft, make it low.”

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Joshua Lavender with illustration by Stacy Reece

Snap Peas and Timber Rattlers

By Joshua Lavender with illustration by Stacy Reece /

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