The Kudzu Queen by Mimi Herman
“Funny, sad, and tender… Mimi Herman has written a novel that possesses a true and hard won understanding of the South.” —David Sedaris, author of Happy-Go-Lucky Fifteen-year-old Mattie Lee Watson dreams of men, not boys. So when James T. Cullowee, the Kudzu King, arrives in Cooper County, North Carolina in 1941 to spread the gospel of kudzu—claiming that it will improve the soil, feed cattle at almost no cost, even cure headaches—Mattie is ready. Mr. Cullowee is determined to sell the entire county on the future of kudzu, and organizes a kudzu festival, complete with a beauty pageant. Mattie is determined to be crowned Kudzu Queen and capture the attentions of the Kudzu King. As she learns more about Cullowee, however, she discovers that he, like the kudzu he promotes, has a dark and predatory side. When she finds she is not the only one threatened, she devises a plan to bring him down. Based on historical facts, The Kudzu Queen unravels a tangle of sexuality, power, race, and kudzu through the voice of an irresistibly delightful (and mostly honest) narrator.
Herman, Mimi: - MIMI HERMAN is a writer, Kennedy Center teaching artist and member of the AWP Board of Directors. The 2017 North Carolina Piedmont Laureate, she is also a Hermitage Artist Retreat Fellow and an alumna of the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers. Mimi has performed her fiction and poetry at Why There are Words in Sausalito, Symphony Space in New York, and Memorial Auditorium in Raleigh, North Carolina. Her writing has appeared in Michigan Quarterly Review, Shenandoah, Crab Orchard Review, The Hollins Critic, Prime Number and other journals. She is co-director of Writeaways writing workshops in France, Italy and New Mexico. You can find her at www.mimiherman.com and www.writeaways.com.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781646033102 |
| ISBN 10 | 1646033108 |
| Title | The Kudzu Queen |
| Author | Mimi Herman |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Regal House Publishing LLC |
| Year published | 2023-01-31 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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