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Authors: Sandra L. Ballard

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“
Listen Here
is a virtual key to the treasury of writing on Appalachia by the women whose knowledge of the region stands out most prominently. Nowhere else can you find in one volume so much biographical and bibliographical information on more than a hundred creators of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama from the Southern mountains. This is a long-needed resource that will be indispensable from the day of its publication. I hope and expect it will become a primary reference that steers readers not only to the most famous women writers of Appalachia, but to the lesser-known ones as well.”

âJohn Egerton, author of
Generations: An American Family

“This is the culmination of long dedication and a big vision and has been much anticipated. We all owe Sandy Ballard and Pat Hudson huge thanks for compiling such a compelling and necessary addition to our collective literature.”

âJerry W. Williamson, Appalachian State University

“It is common knowledge that women have been instrumental in shaping genres and creating traditions in Appalachian writing for well over a century and a quarter, but when their contribution is viewed comprehensively, a collective genius, which is not to deny any individual genius, shines through, creating not merely surprise but a shock of recognitionâ¦of the range and quality of their writing. Remedies of all kinds form a substantial part of Appalachian folklore.
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is also a remedy, not for aches and pains, but for oversight or indifference of much of our cultural and literary heritage. The store of jewels in our own house, we come to realize in reading it, is greater than many of us ever realized. The symbol for the selections here is a garden with diversity and beauty for many tastes. Here is the perfect illustration of the flowering of Appalachian writing where the blooming itself has not been late, but only the critical recognition of it.”

âRobert J. Higgs, East Tennessee State University

L
ISTEN
H
ERE

Women Writing in Appalachia

E
DITED BY
S
ANDRA
L. B
ALLARD AND
P
ATRICIA
L. H
UDSON

THE UNIVERSITY PRESS OF KENTUCKY

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College of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky University, The Filson Historical Society, Georgetown College, Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky State University, Morehead State University, Murray State University, Northern Kentucky University, Transylvania University, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, and Western Kentucky University.

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ISBN 978-0-8131-9066-2 (pbk: alk. paper)

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