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Appalachian Gateway by George Brosi (Editor); Kate Egerton (Editor)
Call Number: PS537 .A67 2013 (WV Circ)
ISBN: 9781572339446
Publication Date: 2013-04-15
Novels
Storming Heaven by Denise Giardina
Call Number: PS3557 .I136 S76 (WV Circ)
ISBN: 9780804102971
Publication Date: 1988-05-12
The Coal Tattoo by Silas House
Call Number: PS3558.O8659 C63 2004 WV Circ
ISBN: 9780345480057
Publication Date: 2005-08-30
Short Stories
Blood Kin and Other Strangers by Patsy Pittman
Call Number: PN6120.6 .P57 2008 (WV Circ)
ISBN: 9780929915784
Publication Date: 2008-05-01
A Wayfaring Sin-Eater and Other Tales of Appalachia by James G. Jones
Call Number: GR105 J585 (WV Circ)
ISBN: 0870124641
Publication Date: 1983-01-01
Me and My Daddy Listen to Bob Marley by Ann Pancake
Call Number: PS3616.A36 A6 2015 (WV Circ)
ISBN: 9781619024649
Publication Date: 2015-02-10
Poems
Wolfpen Poems by James Still; Jim W. Miller (Introduction by)
Call Number: PS3537.T5377 W6 1986 (WV Circ)
ISBN: 093821103X
Publication Date: 1986-07-01
A picture from life's other side : Appalachian poems by Bob Henry Baber
Call Number: PS3552.A22 P52 1994 (WV Circ)
ISBN: 9780964270107
Publication Date: 1994
Vivid companion : poems by Irene McKinney
Call Number: PS3563 A31756 V58 2004 (WV Circ)
ISBN: 9780937058923
Publication Date: 2004
I sing of Appalachia; poems. by Amanda Meade Brewers
Call Number: PS3503 R49 I8 (WV Circ)
Publication Date: 1967
Appalachian Gateway by George Brosi (Editor); Kate Egerton (Editor)Featuring the work of twenty-five fiction writers and poets, this anthology is a captivating introduction to the finest of contemporary Appalachian literature. Here are short stories and poems by some of the region's most dynamic and best-loved authors: Barbara Kingsolver, Ron Rash, Nikki Giovanni, Robert Morgan, Lisa Alther, and Lee Smith among others. In addition to compelling selections from each writer's work, the book includes illuminating biographical sketches and bibliographies for each author. These works encompass a variety of themes that, collectively, capture the essence of Appalachia: love of the land, family ties, and the struggle to blend progress with heritage. Readers will enjoy this book not just for the innate value of good literature but also for the insights it provides into this fascinating area. This book of fiction is an enlightening companion to non-fiction overviews of the region, including the Encyclopedia of Appalachia and A Handbook to Appalachia: An Introduction to the Region, both published by the University of Tennessee Press in 2006. In fact the five sections of this book are the same as those of the Encyclopedia. Educators and students will find this book especially appropriate for courses in creative writing, Appalachian studies and Appalachian literature. Editor George Brosi's foreword presents an historical overview of Appalachian Literature, while Kate Egerton and Morgan Cottrell's afterword offers a helpful guide for studying Appalachian literature in a classroom setting. George Brosi is the editor of Appalachian Heritage, a literary quarterly, and, along with his wife, Connie, runs a retail book business specializing in books from and about the Appalachian region. He has taught creative writing, Appalachian studies and Appalachian literature. Kate Egerton is an associate professor of English at Berea College. She has taught Appalachian literature and published scholarship in that field as well as in modern drama. Samantha Cole majored in Appalachian Studies and worked for Appalachian Heritage while a student at Berea College. Morgan Cottrell is a West Virginia native who took Kate Egerton's Appalachian literature class at Berea College.
Call Number: PS537 .A67 2013 (WV Circ)
ISBN: 9781572339446
Publication Date: 2013-04-15
Historical Fiction
Ghost Riders by Sharyn McCrumb
Call Number: PS3563 .C3527 G48 2003 (stacks)
ISBN: 9780451211842
Publication Date: 2004-05-04
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come by John Fox; Wade Hall (Foreword by)
Call Number: PS1702 .L5 1987 WV Circ
ISBN: 9780813101729
Publication Date: 1993-01-19
This powerful novel is one of the most perceptive tellings of the Civil War experience.