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Red Holler

Red Holler Contemporary Appalachian Literature - Linda Bruckheimer Series in Kentucky Literature

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Paperback (21 Nov 2013)

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Publisher's Synopsis

"Buy this book, it's a barn burner!"—Dorothy Allison

In an extraordinarily diverse anthology of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and graphic narratives by contemporary Appalachian writers, Red Holler takes us over and beyond the stock imagery of rural mountain communities. We travel into housing projects, forest-stripped ravines, and trailer parks, to explore vibrant hometown and migrant Appalachian cultures. Editors John E. Branscum and Wayne Thomas have assembled a collection spanning ten years and communities in locales ranging from Mississippi to New York, placing fresh new voices alongside widely known and celebrated authors. Drawing on Appalachian literature's roots in Native American myth, African American urban legend, and European folk culture, and embracing Appalachian urban fiction, the Southern Gothic, gritty no-holds-barred realism, and magical realism, the stories and poems of Red Holler elegantly cohere to perfectly depict what makes Appalachia so fascinating: its irreverent and outlaw challenges to mainstream notions of propriety and convention.

Book information

ISBN: 9781936747665
Publisher: Sarabande Books
Imprint: Sarabande Books
Pub date:
Edition: First edition
DEWEY: 810.80974
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: xii, 235
Weight: 354g
Height: 228mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 23mm