SOURCE: "The Latest Whiz-Bang: Barry Hannah's Captain Maximus," in Notes on Mississippi Writers, Vol. XIX, No. 1, 1987, pp. 29-33.
In the following essay, Shepherd argues that Captain Maximus is a disappointing work that lacks the focus and freshness of Airships, Hannah's first collection.
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