Appalachia Now: Short Stories of Contemporary Appalachia - Paperback

by Charles Dodd White (Editor), Larry Smith (Editor), Chris Offutt (Contribution by)

Appalachia verite...This fine collection edited and introduces by Charles Dodd White and Larry Smith includes this short fiction:

�On the Road with C.T. Savage� by Meredith Sue Willis,

�Burning Off into Forever� by David Joy,

�The Wife You Wanted� by Marie Manilla,

�Wild Kind� by Matt Brock,

�The Hanging� by Darnell Arnoult,

�Confluence� by Mesha Maren,

�Covered Bridge� by Taylor Brown,

�Obituary� by Jacinda Townsend,

�Cell-Life� by Carrie Mullins,

�The Hawkins Boy� by Charles Dodd White,

�White Freightliner Blues� by Jon Sealy,

�That Familiar Ache� by Savannah Sipple,

�Monkey Proof� by Rusty Barnes,

�Echolocation� by Mark Powell,

�A Story to Tell� by Chris Holbrook,

�Back Porch� by Chris Offutt

Front Jacket

The geologic entry to the Appalachian foothills... had a foreboding quality, a warning to travelers that the world beyond was very different. So states Chris Offutt in his story, "Back Porch." His and other stories collected in Appalachia Now serve to hammer the point home like a coal miner's pick or a fist to the jaw." Christina Lovin, author of Echo: Poems

Back Jacket

�The geologic entry to the Appalachian foothills� had a foreboding quality, a warning to travelers that the world beyond was very different.� So states Chris Offutt in his story, �Back Porch.� His and other stories collected in Appalachia Now serve to hammer the point home like a coal miner�s pick or a fist to the jaw.� Christina Lovin, author of Echo: Poems