Spoon River Anthology, by Edgar Lee Masters, is a collection of short free verse poems that collectively narrates the epitaphs of the residents of Spoon River, a fictional small town named after the real Spoon River that ran near Masters' home town of Lewistown, Illinois. The aim of the poems is to demystify rural and small town American life. The collection includes 212 separate characters, in all providing 244 accounts of their lives, losses, and manner of death. Many of the poems contain cross-references that create an unabashed tapestry of the community.

Media	Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released	August 10, 2020
ISBN13	9798672927206
Publishers	Independently Published
Pages	150
Dimensions	127 × 203 × 9 mm · 167 g
Language	English

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