A review by stephenrobak
Spoon River Anthology - Literary Touchstone Classic by Edgar Lee Masters

I imagine these poems were more shocking in 1915 when more people had the illusion that small town Americana was quaint, wholesome, and basically straight out of a Norman Rockwell painting. Still, I think the collection’s overarching refrain of people feeling a lack of control over their lives and being deeply unsatisfied with their legacies is just as relevant today as it was a hundred years ago.