Ron Rash

Salvation South survives thanks to your support. Join our Family Circle today.

COME IN AND STAY AWHILE

A Scrape of Fingernails

An excerpt from “The Caretaker,” the latest—and possibly final—novel from a titan of Appalachian literature, North Carolina’s Ron Rash

By Ron Rash /

Most Popular

His grandmother made the best apple-spice jam this side of heaven. Keeping her tradition alive is about more than preserving food. It preserves memories, too.

You might never have heard of the poet Annie Woodford. She’s singing the truths of mountain folks in a gorgeous voice that never flinches. It’s time you listen up.

Robert Fell reflects on 42 years behind bars for the murder of his wife

Two poems that take an unflinching look inside a struggling family in Southern Appalachia.

One about where to grow old together. Another about where to put the remains when we’re gone.

Featured

A North Florida cattleman looks back and wonders, what happens when you can no longer afford to love the thing you love the most?

Salvation South survives thanks to your support. Join our Family Circle today.

Ron Rash

A Scrape of Fingernails

By Ron Rash /

Legal

Subscribe

Social

Subscribe