| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xii, 235 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Note |
"The Linda Bruckheimer Prize in Kentucky literature." |
| Contents |
That night / Karen Salyer McElmurray -- Real life / Donald Ray Pollock -- Very beautiful sad elegy for Bambi's dead mother / Sara Pritchard -- Back of beyond / Ron Rash -- Lakeside penitence / Alex Taylor -- Lackland / Jacinda Townsend -- Controlled burn / Charles Dodd White -- Fixing things / Crystal Wilkinson -- ORGO vs the FLATLANDERS / Pinckney Benedict -- "Origins" from Southern Fried Masala / Ally Reeves -- Desire / Dennis Covington -- 715 Willey Street / Jeff Mann -- Vagina Dentata / Desirae Matherly -- Woman with spirits / Jessie van Eerden -- What the dead see ; Sundays ; Brief history of Melvin, my own personal bull / Nin Andrews -- Southbound #71 / Makalani Bandele -- Visions for the last night on earth ; In the city of fallen rebels / Brian Barker -- Cleaning my father's house ; Heaven ; Children / Paula Bohince -- Culture ; Provincial thought ; Geography of Yonder / Maurice Manning -- Tobacco culture ; First hard freeze ; q & a ; Trash fish or nights back home / Davis McCombs -- Carter scratch / R.T. Smith -- My kinda woman ; Legend of Negro Mountain ; I would make a good owl / Bianca Spriggs -- Salt Hill ; What we call this hunting ; Pretty Polly ; Whiskey pastoral / Jane Springer -- Letter to be wrapped around a bottle of whiskey ; Walt Whitman in Alabama ; Knoxville girl / Jake Adam York. |
| Summary |
A diverse anthology of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and graphic essays by contemporary Appalachian writers. The editors have assembled a collection spanning ten years and the mountain range from Mississippi to New York, placing fresh new voices alongside widely known and celebrated authors. From Native American myth, African American urban legend, folk culture, and European ghost stories, this is an anthology of disenfranchised, yet robust peoples -- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
American literature -- Appalachian Region.
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Appalachian Region -- Literary collections.
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American literature -- 21st century.
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Appalachian Region -- Civilization.
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| Added Author |
Branscum, John E., 1970- editor of compilation.
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Thomas, Wayne, 1976- editor of compilation.
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| Added Title |
Contemporary Appalachian literature |
| ISBN |
9781936747665 paperback alkaline paper |
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1936747669 paperback alkaline paper |
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