Echoes across the Blue Ridge: Stories, Essays, and Poems - Softcover

Katherine Stripling Byer; Bettie Sellers; Gary Carden; Byron Herbert Reece; Robert Morgan; William V. Reynolds; Et.al.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1450701523 ISBN 13: 9781450701525

Publisher: Winding Path Press, 2010

Synopsis

Echoes across the Blue Ridge: Stories, Essays, and Poems by writers living in an inspired by the Southern Appalachian Mountains is an anthology consisting of the work of 62 authors, members of North Carolina Writers' Network West. The volume includes stories and poems reflecting the everyday lives of mountain people, their experiences, their outlook on life, and their overall philosophies. The subjects range from the mundane to hilarious comic sketches. The reader will laugh, cry, and feel the heart and soul of these writers.

About this title

About the Author:

Kathryn Stripling Byer is the author of Coming to Rest, Catching the Light, Black Shawl, Wildwood Flower (LSU Press), and The Girl in the Midst of the Harvest (Texas Tech Press). Among Kathryn's accolades are National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, Southeast Booksellers Association Award for Poetry, Lamont Award, Roanoke-Chowan Poetry Prize, Brockman-Campbell Award and others. Presently she serves as program coordinator for NCWN West

Review:

Straight from the land of the sky, song, and story, another dynamite collection -- strong and surprising -- these mountain iders know how to howl at the moon! --Lee Smith

Anyone who enjoys Appalachian literature will be delighted by this excellent anthology, particularly because it introduces the reader to a number of our region' s gifted though lesser-known writers. Bravo! --Ron Rash

About this edition

• Publisher: Winding Path Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1450701523
• ISBN 13: 9781450701525
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 238
• Editor: Nancy Simpson
• Illustrator: Philip L. Sampson, Cover Photograph, Katja Holmes, Cover Design