A Gift of Hope
One of the finest Southern writers in history, Ron Rash, now 70, has a long talk with Salvation South about his career as a teacher, novelist, poet, and storyteller.
Marianne Leek
Summer’s End
Every year, they gathered at the campground to feel the magic of the mountain fireflies that glowed in time with each other. Then, a harsh discovery broke the spell.
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The Threads, Both Light and Dark, of Life in Appalachia
A review of “Those We Thought We Knew,” the fifth novel by David Joy
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A Thanksgiving Poem
From the North Carolina mountains comes a poem to remind us that the simplest moments are the things for which we should give the greatest thanks.
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Hope Is a Place
Marianne Leek went to interview 87-year-old David Burch in North Carolina. She thought it would last an hour. But it lasted all day. And she learned a lot of lessons about hope.
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The Crossing
The Appalachian mountains are full of women who “become everybody’s mother.” This poem from Marianne Leek pays Christmas homage to one of them.