Pulley Press to release Annie Woodford’s collection, Peasant
Image by Annie Woodford for Salvation South.
At the beginning of November, Pulley signed Annie Woodford for publication of her collection Peasant in 2025. Recently, Annie sat down with painter and friend Alison Hall to discuss their work, Appalachia, and ways to represent dignity and beauty in “low” places through their art.
“…I see this connection between my paintings and your poetry in how elevated and exquisite your poems are when you talk about the South or your family or where we grew up. You make it into this magical place of light and trees and birds and dogs, the roses from your uncle’s garden, but it also has this real ‘low’ quality to it as well. You talk about Dr Pepper and soap operas and the old cheap motel where we used to go swimming in the pool and the cigarette machine that was there. I think it’s interesting that we’re both from the same place that we’re trying to elevate, while at the same time [we] recognize the ‘low.’”
These themes, at the heart of Woodford’s collection, resonate throughout the piece.
