Considering George Garrett’s life and work in the continuum of American literary history, it is perhaps most profitable to place him in the tradition of the now exceedingly rare Southern “man of lette
This analysis of Southern and Appalachian literature both comes from and plays with the tradition of academic literary studies. What makes it different is that Casey Clabough (English, Lynchburg Colle
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In their variety, the memoir, poetry, and fiction included in this exciting new anthology show the transitory nature of the literature of southern women who lived through a violent and defining crossr
Creative writing is arguably the ultimate form of self-expression. Ideal for anyone interested in writing (student or not), Idiot's Guides: Creative Writing helps readers master the basics of crafting
Best Creative Nonfiction of the South serves as a valuable resource for scholars, students, writers, and general readers interested in creative nonfiction both from specific areas of the South and acr
Clabough (English, Lynchburg College) considers American writer Chappell's (b. 1936) first four novels chronologically and his short fiction thematically in order to elucidate the uniqueness, range, a
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