Tango Below a Narrow Ceiling (A Review)
Review by Patricia Thrushart Tango Below A Narrow Ceiling By Riad Saleh Hussein (1954 – 1982) Translated from the Arabic by Saleh Razzouk and Philip Terman The Bitter Oleander Press,…
“To Build a Fire” — A Review
"To Build a Fire" — A Review by Denny Bonavita A long half-century ago, I was captivated by the novels of Jack London. I spent teenage time fantasizing about the Yukon,…
Review of Lady Chevy: A Novel
guest blogger Karen Weyant Review of Lady Chevy: A Novel By John Woods New York: Pegasus Books, 2020 Lady Chevy is a very angry book. The characters are angry. The…
Fall 2021 Edition Letter from the Guest Editor
All of my family are from Appalachia. The 18th century origins on both sides seem to have been in Eastern Kentucky (Pike/Prestonburg) and then to have migrated North into Southern…
Driving to Town Late to Mail a Letter (a review)
Guest blogger Girard Tournesol It was 1990 and I was cramming for my graduate thesis when I first heard about a new book that sought to reconnect men to their…
Talking Together
By Patricia Thrushart (aka Joanne Scheier Bugay) “We find something to say that means us, That names us neighbors and kin, That finds within us words to connect…” Richard Hague,…
“Poor bird, (s)he’s obsessed!”
Reflections on Elizabeth Bishop’s “Sandpiper” Carrie Hohmann Campbell With the end of summer rapidly approaching and the next schoolyear already begun, I am reminded of Elizabeth Bishop’s “Sandpiper”. As a…
Book in Progress #10: Reaching Out
Joe Taylor Results have exceeded my expectations. I should feel grateful. Instead, I feel thankful. Of the 78 copies of “I’m Just Lucky To Own My Own Car” that I’ve…
Review of Blood Runs Coal by Mark A. Bradley
Review written by Karen Weyant Blood Runs Coal: The Yablonski Murders and the Battle For the United Mine Workers of America; a review By Mark A. BradleyW.W. Norton & Company,…
Summer 2021 Letter from the Editors
While teaching at my first tenure track job and working with Cincinnati’s Urban Appalachian Council, I discovered that I am Appalachian. I know that sounds a bit far fetched coming…