Other early books such as After the Lost War: A Narrative (1988), a series of dramatic monologues recounting the life of Georgia poet and Confederate soldier Sidney Lanier, and The Glass Hammer: A Southern Childhood (1994) also use the conventions of Southern literary tradition to delve into the narrative potential of biography and autobiography. Commended by critics for his striking ability to embody the Southern Gothic tradition of American literature, Hudgins’s early poems swell with sanguinary images of guilt, sacrifice, and powerlessness. Hudgins’s first book, Saints and Strangers (1986), was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize his third collection, The Never-Ending (1991), was a finalist for the National Book Award. His poetry is known for its dark humor, formal control, and adept handling of voice. He earned his MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop in 1983. The eldest son in a military family, Hudgins moved around the American South for much of his childhood, eventually attending Huntingdon College and the University of Alabama. Poet Andrew Hudgins was born in Killeen, Texas, in 1951.
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