author of Village Prodigies
Rodney Jones is Professor of English at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He grew up in a small town in Alabama, much like Cold Springs, the setting of his latest collection, Village Prodigies, a novel in verse. Jones is the author of 10 books of poetry including Things that Happen Once, Elegy for the Southern Drawl, Kingdom of the Instant, Imaginary Logic, and Salvations Blues.
