Southern Appalachian Poetry

Marita Garin lives in Beverly, Massachusetts. Her work has been published in numerous journals including Southern Humanities Review, The Hudson Review, Colorado State Review and The Hollins Critic.

“a fabulous resource...overall impact is quite rich”—Appalachian Heritage; “McFarland & Company deserves considerable praise for its Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies series, which for more than a decade has brought out a fascinating collection of books. Marita Garin also has offered a valuable service to the study of Appalachian literature, and stopped a gap that has been open for too long...a rewarding and pleasurable book”—Appalachian Journal; “a much welcomed collection that avoids the usual pratfalls. If you’re looking for an anthology that’s completely satisfying, Southern Appalachian Poetry will not disappoint. You’ll come away with a true sense of what mountain culture used to be”—The Pilot;“valuable and fascinating...replete with strong poetry, vital and rich”—North Carolina Literary Review; “a valuable read...engaging”—The Mississippi Quarterly; “manages to capture many of the compelling voices that emerged during the Appalachian cultural and heritage revival movement in the 1960s and 1970s that are often overlooked in other southern collections”—The Bloomsbury Review; “this splendid volume offers a distinctly different and creative vision of the region...”—Dr. Robert J. Higgs (Jack Higgs), co-editor, Voices from the Hills: Selected Readings of Southern Appalachia.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      Introduction      Bob Henry Baber      Joseph Barrett      Kathryn Stripling Byer      Fred Chappell      Mark DeFoe      Charles B. Dickson      Hilda Downer      Gregory Dykes      Marita Garin      Richard Hague      Marc Harshman      Don Johnson      Stephen Knauth      Mary Kratt      P. J. Laska      George Ella Lyon      Jeff Daniel Marion      Michael McFee      Llewellyn McKernan      Irene McKinney      Louise McNeill      Jim Wayne Miller      Robert Morgan      Valerie Nieman      Lee Pennington      Ron Rash      George Scarbrough      Bettie Sellers      Vivian Shipley      Nancy Simpson      R.T. Smith      Bob Snyder      Katherine Soniat      James Still      John Foster West      Charles Wright      Isabel Zuber      Glossary      Notes on the Poets      Index of Poems and Poets