Appalachia and beyond : conversations with writers from the Mountain South / edited by John Lang.

Other author Lang, John, 1947-
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoKnoxville : University of Tennessee Press, ©2006.
Descriptionxviii, 362 pages : portraits ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
American literature--Appalachian Region, Southern. --History and criticism.
Authors, American--20th century. --Interviews.
Authors, American--Homes and haunts. --Appalachian Region, Southern.
Appalachian Region, Southern--In literature.
Appalachian Region, Southern--Intellectual life.

Contents James Still : daring to look in the well / interview by Jim Wayne Miller (1983) -- Fred Chappell : the way it is / interview by Shelby Stephenson (1984) -- Lee Smith : every kind of ritual / interview by Dorothy Hill (1985) -- John Ehle : the mountains and beyond / interview by Wilma Dykeman (1986) -- Jim Wayne Miller : in quest of the brier / interview by Loyal Jones (1988) -- Wilma Dykeman : the rooted heart and the ranging intellect / interview by Richard Marius (1989) -- Robert Morgan : imagination, memory, and region / interview by William Harmon (1990) -- Mary Lee Settle : wrestling with the angel / interview by Brian Rosenberg (1990) -- Charles Wright : language, landscape, and the idea of God / interview by David Young (1991) -- David Huddle : life into art / interview by George Garrett (1992) -- George Ella Lyon : voices rooted in place / interview by Jeff Daniel Marion (1994) -- Jeff Daniel Marion : fishing in the language / interview by Stephen Marion (1994) -- Meredith Sue Willis : circling out, centering in / interview by Karen Morgan (1995) -- Gurney Norman : water flowing from high ground / interview by Patricia Beaver and Sandra L. Ballard (1996) -- Jo Carson : the wealth of story / interview by Pat Arnow (1997) -- Denise Giardina : resurrecting the dead, recognizing the human / interview by Thomas Douglass (1998) -- George Scarbrough : the county and beyond / interview by J. W. Williamson (1999) -- Lisa Alther : healing laughter / interview by Wayne J. Pond (2000) -- Kathryn Stripling Byer : singing the mountains / interview by Lee Smith (2001) -- Michael McFee : getting at the secrets of things / interview by Michael Chitwood (2002) -- Ron Rash : the power of blood-memory / interview by Joyce Compton Brown (2003).
General noteOriginal interviews conducted during Emory & Henry College's annual literary festivals and published in the Iron Mountain review.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2005032125
ISBN1572335351 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
ISBN9781572335356

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Joyner General Stacks PS286.A6 A59 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold