William Walsh, the author of eight books, is the director of the Reinhardt University undergraduate creative writing program and the MFA program. He has been published in such journals as Five Points, The Georgia Review, The Kenyon Review and Literary Matters. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

“the essays and interviews contained in this volume offer readers a wide range of perspectives on Bottom’s poetry as well as on Bottoms himself”—Reference & Research Book News.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Editor’s Note      Introduction: “At the Still Point”W. A. SESSIONS      1. The Vigilant Words of David BottomsDAVE SMITH      2. The Evolution of the GOB AestheticFRED CHAPPELL      3. Amazing Grace: The Aesthetics of a Spiritual QuestERNEST SUAREZ      4. Fishing from the Poetry Boat: A ConversationALICE FRIMAN and MARSHALL BRUCE GENTRY      5. “If It Touches Us, It Touches Us”: The White Southern Male Struggle with RaceJANE HILL      6. Warbling with TV in the BackgroundROBERT W. HILL      7. A Real Mix: Rebirth and Gender in Easter WeekendMARSHALL BRUCE GENTRY      8. Signs from My FathersDAVID BAKER      9. The Logic of the Original DreamWILLIAM WALSH      10. The Rolling Circle: Memory and MaturityEDWARD BYRNE      11. Searching for the Kingdom of Heaven: A Spiritual JourneyMICHAEL SOWDER      12. “Up Toward Light”: Resurrection, Transfiguration, Metamorphosis, and Evolution in Armored HeartsDON RUSS      13. The Onion’s Dark CoreERNEST SUAREZ      14. To Own My Father’s Name: Not Hiding the MasculineJANE HILL      15. Grueling Miracle: Faith in MiddleLAURENCE LIEBERMAN      Contributors      Index