Memoir about ballet and illness from a creative writing teacher whose career as a ballerina was stopped by rheumatoid arthritis. Renée Nicholson's ...

In Heeding the Call, William Jolliff offers the first book-length discussion of West Virginia writer and activist Denise Giardina, perhaps best known ...

Still Life with Plums is a vibrant collection of short stories that weaves together the outwardly distant lives of several strangers.

Tells the fascinating story of the Red's climbing community through interviews with the people who lived that history and considers how sustainable ecotourism ...

Culture, Class and Politics in Modern Appalachia takes stock of the field of Appalachian studies as it explores issues still at the center of its scholarship: ...