{"product_id":"red-holler-contemporary-appalachian-literature-paperback","title":"Red Holler: Contemporary Appalachian Literature - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Branscum\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eWayne Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Buy this book, it's a barn burner!\"--Dorothy Allison\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an extraordinarily diverse anthology of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and graphic narratives by contemporary Appalachian writers, \u003ci\u003eRed Holler\u003c\/i\u003e takes us over and beyond the stock imagery of rural mountain communities. We travel into housing projects, forest-stripped ravines, and trailer parks, to explore vibrant hometown and migrant Appalachian cultures. Editors John E. Branscum and Wayne Thomas have assembled a collection spanning ten years and communities in locales ranging from Mississippi to New York, placing fresh new voices alongside widely known and celebrated authors. Drawing on Appalachian literature's roots in Native American myth, African American urban legend, and European folk culture, and embracing Appalachian urban fiction, the Southern Gothic, gritty no-holds-barred realism, and magical realism, the stories and poems of \u003ci\u003eRed Holler\u003c\/i\u003e elegantly cohere to perfectly depict what makes Appalachia so fascinating: its irreverent and outlaw challenges to mainstream notions of propriety and convention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn E. Branscum grew up in the small-town trailer parks and inner-city housing projects of Kentucky, Arkansas, and California. He is currently a professor of creative writing at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, a member of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs pedagogy committee, and text editor for \u003ci\u003eBlack and Grey Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the recipient of the national Ursula K. Le Guin Award for Imaginative Fiction, several Academy of American Poets awards, and has made appearances in \u003ci\u003eBest American Non-required Reading\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBest American Horror\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWayne Thomas is the author of plays, fiction, and essays. He teaches creative writing at Tusculum College, a small school located in the northeast Tennessee mountains. He is editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Tusculum Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 08, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765414134048,"sku":"9781936747665","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7d592a1757c6dd01e452ac28330c6ff8.webp?v=1780268845","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/red-holler-contemporary-appalachian-literature-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}