Review: 'Pop' by Robert Gipe Shows the Power of Telling Our Own Stories
In Robert Gipe’s new illustrated novel, Pop, we return to Dawn, who was a central character of Trampoline and Weedeater, Gipe’s previous books in the series. Now in her 30s and back in fictional Canard County in rural Eastern Kentucky, this last installment in the trilogy picks up during the 2016 presidential election. Dawn enlists the help of two other storytellers: her daughter Nicolette and her uncle Hubert. Because, as she puts it, “The story we are going to tell you is hard.” Gipe’s style seems to be the right way to tell it. The novel is a quilt of short vignettes narrate...
Source: dailyyonder.com
