Listen Here: Women Writing in Appalachia - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 081312283X ISBN 13: 9780813122830

Publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky, 2003

Synopsis

Appalachia continues to produce some of our country’s finest writers. The region’s rich oral tradition feeds a strong literature—fiction, poetry, and memoir—shaped by the mountains of Appalachia but universal in scope. The work of women writers is particularly noteworthy. Despite the uncertainties of jobs and of homes, several generations of women writers have earned critical and national acclaim. But because their work is sometimes regarded as purely of regional interest, acquiring this artistic bounty oftentimes can be difficult.

Listen Here: Women Writing in Appalachia is a landmark anthology that brings together the work of 105 Appalachian women writers, including Dorothy Allison, Harriette Simpson Arnow, Annie Dillard, Nikki Giovanni, Denise Giardina, Barbara Kingsolver, Jayne Anne Phillips, Janice Holt Giles, George Ella Lyon, Sharyn McCrumb, and Lee Smith. Editors Sandra L. Ballard and Patricia L. Hudson offer a diverse sampling of time periods and genres, established authors and emerging voices.

From regional favorites to national bestsellers, this unprecedented gathering of Appalachian voices displays the remarkable talent of the region’s women writers who’ve made their mark at home and across the globe.

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Contributors:

Sheila Kay Adams
Dorothy Allison
Lisa Alther
Maggie Anderson
Anne W. Armstrong
Harriette Simpson Arnow
Sylvia Trent Auxier
Marilou Awiakta
Artie Ann Bates
Frances Courtenay Baylor
Sue Ellen Bridgers
Florence Cope Bush
Kathryn Stripling Byer
Candie Carawan
Jo Carson
Rebecca Caudill
Lillie D. Chaffin
Loletta Clouse
Ann Cobb
Lisa Coffman
Amy Tipton Cortner
Lou V.P. Crabtree
Olive Tilford Dargan
Doris Diosa Davenport
Rebecca Harding Davis
Ann Deagon
Angelyn Debord
Annie Dillard
Hilda Downer
Muriel Miller Dressler
Will Allen Dromgoole
Wilma Dykeman
Sarah Barnwell Elliott
Sidney Saylor Farr
Nikky Finney
Lucy Furman
Denise Giardina
Janice Holt Giles
Nikki Giovanni
Gail Godwin
Connie Jordan Green
Virginia Hamilton
Pauletta Hansel
Corra Harris
Mildred Haun
Ellesa Clay High
Mary Bozeman Hodges
Gloria Houston
Lee Howard
Mary Johnston
Mary "Mother" Jones
Jane Wilson Joyce
May Justus
Edith Summers Kelley
Leatha Kendrick
Barbara Kingsolver
Lisa Koger
Catherine Landis
Lily May Ledford
Grace Lumpkin
George Ella Lyon
Linda Parsons Marion
Catherine Marshall
Belinda Ann Mason
Kathy May
Truda Williams McCoy
Sharyn McCrumb
Jeanne McDonald
Karen Salyer McElmurray
Llewellyn McKernan
Irene McKinney
Louise McNeill
Jane Merchant
Emma Bell Miles
Heather Ross Miller
Janice Townley Moore
Marijo Moore
Mary Noailles Murfree
Elaine Fowler Palencia
Jayne Anne Phillips
Lynn Powell
Barbara Presnell
Rita Sims Quillen
Jean Ritchie
Elizabeth Madox Roberts
Anne Newport Royall
Cynthia Rylant
Bettie Sellers
Mary Lee Settle
Anne Shelby
Muriel Earley Sheppard
Betsy Sholl
Ellen Harvey Showell
Bennie Lee Sinclair
Verna Mae Slone
Barbara Smith
Effie Waller Smith
Lee Smith
Jane Stuart
Adriana Trigiani
Dana Wildsmith
Sylvia Wilkinson
Meredith Sue Willis
Leigh Allison Wilson
Mary Elizabeth Witherspoon

About the Author

Sandra L. Ballard is editor of the Appalachian Journal and professor of English at Appalachian State University. Patricia L. Hudson, a former reference librarian at the University of Tennessee, is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in American Heritage, Appalachian Heritage, and Southern Living. Together they are the coauthors of The Carolinas & Appalachian States: Smithsonian Guides to Historic America.

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 081312283X
• ISBN 13: 9780813122830
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 608
• Editor: Ballard Sandra L., Hudson Patricia L.