<p>For the very first time, some of South Dakota's best poets have been gathered together into one book. A Harvest of Words offers an excellent snapshot of poetic life as it currently exists in the state and each of these literary artists has been given an entire chapter to showcase their award-winning work. These are poets at the top of their game. Their work illuminates what it means to come from this state, from this region, and from this country.</p>

A Harvest of Words: Contemporary South Dakota Poetry (Prairie Plains Series No. 13)

Lee Ann Roripaugh

Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve

Elizabeth Cook-Lynn

Patrick Hicks

David Allan Evans

Lydia Whirlwind Soldier

Jeanne Emmons

Allison Hedge Coke

Debra Nystrom

Leo Dangel

Jim Reese

Dennis Sampson

Christine Stewart-Nuñez

Linda Hasslestrom

The Center for Western Studies

<p>Dennis Sampson was born and raised in South Dakota. His seven volumes of poetry include The Double Genesis, Forgiveness, Constant Longing, Needlegrass, and For my Father Falling Asleep at Saint Mary's Hospital, Within the Shadow of a Man, and The Lunatic in the Trees. The recipient of grants from The Virginia Council on the Arts and The North Carolina Arts Council, Sampson's poems have appeared in such magazines as The American Scholar, The Ohio Review, The Hudson Review and many others. He has taught as Writer-in-Residence at Sweet Briar College in Virginia, as the Visiting Poet in the M.F.A Program in Creative Writing at UNC Wilmington, and at Wake Forest University.</p>

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Homestead Lighthouse Press

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