StephenRogerPowers

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It Gets Me in the Mood to Hit the Road

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7:05 Don't Ask, 'Cause I'm Not Tellin' StephenRogerPowers 76 views 3 months ago It's a blizzard, and Stephen Roger Powers is snowed in, so he makes Dolly Parton's chicken and dumplings. His family has no choice but to listen to him tell them, for what...
2:19 Bluegrass on Fire on a Dock by the Sea StephenRogerPowers 83 views 7 months ago Sun. Sand. Bluegrass. Beer. And a whole book of poems about Dolly Parton. http://www.salmonpoetry.com
5:45 Chasing Dolly and Other Seasonal Women StephenRogerPowers 154 views 1 year ago Walden Pond. Renaissance England with jesters, gypsies, pirates, and wenches. Dollywood. Dolly Parton's annual parade in Pigeon Forge. And an Indian restaurant in North...
3:06 Dollywood in Japan StephenRogerPowers 142 views 1 year ago After Dolly Parton announced in 1990 that she would build a second Dollywood in Japan, poet Stephen Roger Powers, Dolly fan and author of a Dolly-inspired book of poetry ca...
12:35 Sampled by Radiohead StephenRogerPowers 189 views 1 year ago Poet Stephen Roger Powers, author of The Follower's Tale, meets up with some old friends to reminisce about his 2003 appearance on Hotel Milwaukee, an old-time variety show...
4:21 Drive My Urn to Dollywood (Part II) StephenRogerPowers 230 views 1 year ago Poet Stephen Roger Powers leaves The Follower's Tale, his book of poetry about Dolly Parton, at the grave of Hank Williams in Montgomery. He stops for lunch at the Whistle...
2:36 The Follower's Tale Holiday Special StephenRogerPowers 138 views 1 year ago Poet Stephen Roger Powers takes a break from shooting and editing "Drive My Urn to Dollywood (Part II)" and "Sampled by Radiohead," two upcoming segments of The Follower's ...
3:59 Drive My Urn to Dollywood (Part I) StephenRogerPowers 221 views 1 year ago Poet Stephen Roger Powers flies to Massachusetts to talk with Carl Jenkinson about the history of "Drive My Urn to Dollywood," first published in Yemassee and reprinted as ...
4:52 A Whole Book of Poems about Dolly Parton StephenRogerPowers 253 views 1 year ago Poet Stephen Roger Powers takes his first book of poetry, The Follower's Tale, on a walk across three southern states. Along the way, he asks readers what they think of hi...
3:01 It Gets Me in the Mood to Hit the Road StephenRogerPowers 345 views 1 year ago Poet Stephen Roger Powers heads home to the Midwest to find out what folks there think of The Follower's Tale, his first book of poems about Dolly Parton. A ventriloquist's...

About StephenRogerPowers

Here's where rhinestones, wigs, make-up, high-heeled shoes, and all other things larger than life come together with poetry, joined by a young poet's wanderlust and reverence for the forever-reigning queen of Dollywood.

Stephen Roger Powers was born in Madison, Wisconsin, and grew up in the cornfields of nearby Sun Prairie. While working on his PhD in English he wrote a stand-up act about his hearing impairment and performed for several years in comedy clubs and casinos around the American Midwest. Today he splits his time between Milwaukee and Georgia, where he teaches at Gordon State College and enjoys the beaches of Tybee Island.

The Follower's Tale is his first book.

Stephen Roger Powers was ...