burning house fairy tale

The publication of James C. Snowden’s burning house fairy tale introduces a poet hell-bent on proving modern confessional poetry can be sophisticated, clever, and ultimately entertaining. Over two decades, Snowden’s voice has taken on a shape clearly recognizable among confessional poets—yet distinctly original. Beneath their stark reality, each poem is driven by an endlessly brave imagination that aspires to occupy and filter our viewpoints on experience. The personal stories have a way of changing how we have come to see our own lives. During that change, you are allowed to witness how a poet can reinvent his own.