Volume 44 Number 1-2 ● 2017
SIGNS OF THE TIMES …6
THE POETS … 21
ARTICLES
- In Memoriam: William E. Lightfoot by Thomas McGowan … 22
Dadgum by Michael McFee poetry… 25
NATURAL RESOURCES
- Exurbanization and Its Impact on Water Resources: Stream Management Among Newcomer and Generational Landowners in Southern Appalachia by Sakura R. Evans and Danielle Jensen-Ryan...26
Dropsy by Michael McFee poetry… 51
FIRST PERSON
- My Mothers, (Grand)Daughters, and Me: A Feminist Reflection on the Trajectory of an Appalachian Family in Troubled Times by Shaunna Scott…52
Croquet by Thomas Alan Holmes poetry…79
Groundhog Day by Richard Hague poetry… 80
INTERVIEW
- Story Maker: An Interview with Ron Short by Jonathan Bradshaw… 82
Mutch by Michael McFee poetry…95
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
- Persistent Misconceptions: Rehabilitating Jack Weller, Reevaluating Harry Caudill … 96
- Introduction by Phillip J. Obermiller… 96
- Jack Weller and Yesterday’s People: Standing at the End of an Era by Thomas E. Wagner... 97
- Rethinking Harry Caudill: An Angry Voice Muted by E. Bruce Tucker …111
- Some Final Thoughts by Stephen L. Fisher…117
Knucklecracking by Michael McFee poetry …130
Lamb’s Ear by Michael McFee poetry… 131
INTERVIEW
- “To Connect with that Beyond Ourselves”: An Interview with Robert Morgan by Robert M. West…132
- Reading Robert Morgan’s New Poems by Jesse Graves …142
- A Dozen New Poems by Robert Morgan… 144
- Hog Rock…144
- Wise Virgin…145
- Higher Spring …146
- Super Vision…147
- Native…148
- Remains…149
- Fountain of Youth …150
- My Father’s Bible… 151
- Glyph…152
- Nantahala…153
- The Knot of Time…154
- Prayer Tree …155
REVIEW ESSAYS / BOOK REVIEWS
- Heavenly, Devilish, and Hard-Hitting: The Fiction of Donald Ray Pollock by Kevin W. Young ...156
Refrigerator by Michael Chitwood poetry … 163
- All the Smoky Voices—review of Chinquapins: Short Short Stories by R.T. Smith by Donald Secreast…164
Tempest by J. Brian Broome poetry…169
- Shaping Lives in Appalachia: Tracing a Trajectory of Multigenerational Education in the Classroom [review of Appalachia in the Classroom...eds. Theresa L. Burris & Patricia M. Gantt] by Katherine E. Ledford …170
Black Plastic Pocket Comb by Brian Beatty poetry…175
Secret Star by Thomas Alan Holmes poetry…176
- A Review of Fiction by Sheldon Lee Compton by Michael Henson…178
You Can Speak with Your Dead by Annie Woodford poetry…180
- Evan Gurney on Scriptorium by Melissa Range…182
- Felicia Mitchell on The Mad Farmer’s Wife by Rita Sims Quillen…184
- Sarah Ivens Moffet on Landfall by Julie Hensley…185
CHRONICLE…188
Pew by Michael McFee poetry …193
Ghosts of Chickmauga by J. Brian Broome poetry…195
APPALACHIA BY THE NUMBERS … 196
