Author of 'Oxygen Man' to teach at Ole Miss Yarbrough to read from book Thursday at Thacker Mnt. Native Mississippian Steve Yarbrough will be reading from his critically acclaimed debut novel "The Oxygen Man" at Thacker Mountain Radio, held at Off-Square Books, tomorrow at 5:30 p.m.

'Breakage' offers visual, modern poetry As a reader of modern poetry, I tend to favor blank and free verse forms of writing simply for these reasons: in my opinion the art of poetry does not lie in meter, but in the poet's capabilities to use original powerful images, and the poet's abilities to add a new 'flavor' that has never been added before. Also, the basic principles of meter and rhyme are not hard to grasp, even for the most inartistic man or woman, and sometimes can make poetry look poor and simple.

TODAY'S WEATHER:   T'storms High: 78 Low: 65 TODAY'S WEATHER:   P. Cloudy High: 75 Low: 57