Writings by: Maurice Manning

This author has written 3 pieces

Interview: Maurice Manning

Fall 2017 ♦

Interview

Maurice Manning lives both in and apart from the world. On one hand, he is actively engaged with his own farm and is a vocal environmentalist and activist. He is a respected writer and teacher in local, regional, and national writing communities. On the other hand, he eschews any type of…

An Iron Ring Fastened to a Rail in the Barn

Maurice Manning ♦

Fall 2017 ♦

Poetry

I’ve got a banjo six feet long and a red-handled Barlow knife, so I’ve got the credentials, Mister, to do the things I do. It takes a lot of ﬁguring and time to do it. The barn is just an empty church, a solemn spirit is inside it. Something was…

Translation

Maurice Manning ♦

Winter 2014 ♦

Poetry

for Loyal Jones So I came out of my rainy bower covered with white petals dropped from a tree. My people long ago whose milky eyes I still can see would have said I had a God’s plenty of petals on me, an expression I liked to hear as a…