Down Along Highway 90

by White, Benjamin B.; White, Benjamin B.

• ISBN13: 9781963869682
• ISBN10: 1963869680
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2026-04-28
• Publisher: Running Wild Press
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Summary

These three separate collections of poems – Conley Bottom: A Poemoir, Mill Springs, and Monticello – form a triadic reflection of events that highlight a relationship with South Central Kentucky. Down Along Highway 90 goes back to Wayne County to gather the meaning of growing up in a transformative time when no one expected anyone to transform. In Conley Bottom: A Poemoir, the reader is taken back on excursions to Lake Cumberland where locals gathered with styrofoam coolers and blow-up floatables to escape the summer heat, (but couldn’ t escape Ohio vacationers!). Mill Springs examines the historical events of a place and links the residual impacts of the past to a present family’ s lives – as the future waits. And Monticello captures the progression of a town that never expected to grow, change, or lose its identity even though every town knows better. These three collected collections take the reader on a trip through history, meaning, and insights into what it meant to grow up Down Along Highway 90.

Author Biography

When Ben White was serving his 22-year military career in the U.S. Army and the U.S. Coast Guard, and then again when he was earning his MFA from the University of Tampa, he thought he was a poet. Silly Ben – despite his books earning some recognition, he is not a poet. He is a witness. What he writes is testimony.

Table of Contents

Contents Conley Bottom 6 Mill Springs 45 Monticello 111