Bean Si Bones

About the Book

Bean Si Bones is a collection of contemporary poetry written by English professor Rebecca Luttrell Briley. The title, taken from an Irish source pronounced "banshee," refers to the faerie woman of Irish folklore who wails in grief at the onset of a death in the family. Divided into five sections entitled "Widow's Walk, "What Mama Said," "The Mental Traveler," "Lovers and Other Lunatics," and "Girls will be Women," the poems reflect the growth the author experienced at progressive stages of her development as a young woman, widowed early in life. Favorite poems describe world travel to such places as England, Italy, Ireland, Cyprus, Turkey, and Africa, as well as sites in the USA, particularly Kentucky. The book is dedicated to the poet's late husband Kyle.

About the Author

Rebecca Luttrell Briley grew up in Kentucky where she attended Southeastern Christian College, Berea College, and the University of Kentucky, receiving A.A., B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees in English and drama. She taught at Christian Academy of Louisville, Jefferson Community College, and the University of Kentucky while married to the late Kyle D. Briley, research director for the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights. After the death of her husband, she moved to Germany to teach for the U.S. Department of Defense and the University of Maryland. She is the author of many academic books and articles, as well as other creative works, including several plays; she also enjoys directing and has won a number of prestigious awards, including Best Director in an annual European theatre competition. Currently, she is writing about her travels, working on a sequel to The Great Gatsby, and, as a proud Oxfordian, researching the Shakespeare authorship controversy When she is not traveling and teaching abroad, Dr. Briley makes her home in Hawaii with her Birman cat Gatsby.