appalachian literature Archives - Page 3 of 13

A 1964 article from the ‘Elementary English’ journal describes the cultural contributions of children’s book author May Justus, of Tennessee.

And the goats are fine, thanks

Carl Sandburg, who penned “the fog comes in on little cats’ feet,” moved to Connemara in WNC for the sake of the little goats’ feet.

Huntington, WV born Tom Kromer dedicated his novel about the Great Depression’s suicidally down and out to “Jolene, who turned off the gas.”

Melville Davisson Post’s third book ‘Dwellers in the Hills’ (1901) is a romance of the old WV cattle country in which his youth was passed.

In late 1943 Dutton agreed to publish a volume of poetry titled “The Ballad of the Bones.” By January 1946, the book was in its 3rd printing.