This collection of contemporary short stories, essays, and poems addresses the powerful effect the Mountain State has had on its native sons and daughters. With contributions by such noted West Virginia writers as Jayne Anne Phillips, Maggie Anderson, Mary Lee Settle, Davis Grubb, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Louise McNeill, Richard Currey, and Irene McKinney (West Virginia's Poet Laureate, who also edited this anthology), the selections in Backcountry paint a picture of the Mountain State that is at once haunting, hilarious, and magical.
This collection of contemporary short stories, essays, and poems addresses the powerful effect the Mountain State has had on its native sons and daughters. With contributions by such noted West Virginia writers as Jayne Anne Phillips, Maggie Anderson, Mary Lee Settle, Davis Grubb, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Louise McNeill, Richard Currey, and Irene McKinney (West Virginia's Poet Laureate, who also edited this anthology), the selections in Backcountry paint a picture of the Mountain State that is at once haunting, hilarious, and magical.
This anthology of contemporary fiction and poetry from West Virginia writers titled Backcountry: Contemporary Writing in West Virginia is edited by our state's poet laureate, Irene McKinney. It features a wealth of fiction and poetry by some of the best writers in West Virginia over the last half century. More of West Virginia's writers will be featured in future collections of contemporary writing published by the WVU Press. The authors included in Backcountry are Maggie Anderson, Tom Andrews, Pinckney Benedict, Richard Currey, Mark DeFoe, Victor Depta, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Denise Giardina, Davis Grubb, Lisa Koger, Lee Maynard, Llewellyn McKernan, John McKernan, Irene McKinney, Louis McNeill, Ann Pancake, Breece D'J Pancake, Jayne Anne Phillips, Timothy Russell, Mary Lee Settle, A. E. Stringer, and Meredith Sue Willis.
"With collected works, there's always a temptation to look for the common vein. If such a thread exists, it lies in the impression, the imprint, that West Virginia has shaped. From start to finish (still the best way to read a book), this compilation holds its images; and a careful arrangement of the selections leaves the reader rocking between poetic and concrete high notes. Editor Irene McKinney, whose writing competes with all the rest, has assembled a marvelous vision of West Virginia." Cyns Nelson, The Bloomsbury Review"...a wonderful collection." Paul Nyden, The Charleston Gazette"...an exemplary anthology of regional writing." Appalachian Heritage
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