A Literary Field Guide to Southern Appalachia
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Pages: 224
Illustrations: 61 b&w images
Trim size: 7.000in x 9.250in
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Pub Date: 10/15/2019
ISBN: 9-780-8203-5624-2
List Price: $25.95
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Pub Date: 03/15/2025
ISBN: 9-780-8203-7450-5
List Price: $21.95
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Published with the generous support of Wormsloe Foundation Nature Books
A Literary Field Guide to Southern Appalachia
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Getting acquainted with local flora and fauna is the perfect way to begin to understand the wonder of nature. The natural environment of Southern Appalachia, with habitats that span the Blue Ridge to the Cumberland Plateau, is one of the most biodiverse on earth. A Literary Field Guide to Southern Appalachia—a hybrid literary and natural history anthology—showcases sixty of the many species indigenous to the region.
Ecologically, culturally, and artistically, Southern Appalachia is rich in paradox and stereotype-defying complexity. Its species range from the iconic and inveterate—such as the speckled trout, pileated woodpecker, copperhead, and black bear—to the elusive and endangered—such as the American chestnut, Carolina gorge moss, chucky madtom, and lampshade spider. The anthology brings together art and science to help the reader experience this immense ecological wealth.
Stunning images by seven Southern Appalachian artists and conversationally written natural history information complement contemporary poems from writers such as Ellen Bryant Voigt, Wendell Berry, Janisse Ray, Sean Hill, Rebecca Gayle Howell, Deborah A. Miranda, Ron Rash, and Mary Oliver. Their insights illuminate the wonders of the mountain South, fostering intimate connections. The guide is an invitation to get to know Appalachia in the broadest, most poetic sense.
—Chris Scott, Chapter 16
Debra Allbery
Mildred Barya
Anna Lena Philips Belle
Wendell Berry
Adrian Blevins
Lee Ann Brown
Molly McCully Brown
Nickole Brown
Kathryn Byer
Catherine Carter
Allison Hedge Coke
Ricardo Nazario y Colón
Allyson Comstock
Daniel Corrie
Justin Gardiner
Landon Godfrey
Jesse Graves
Douglas Van Gundy
Cathryn Hankla
Gary Hawkins
Holly Haworth
Sean Hill
Rebecca Gayle Howell
Lisa Kwong
John Lane
Lisa Lewis
Laura Long
Maurice Manning
Jim May
Davis McCombs
Michael McFee
Kevin McIlvoy
Irene McKinney
Rose McLarney
Lucien Meadows
Sandra Meek
Deborah Miranda
Thorpe Moeckel
Rajiv Mohabir
Elizabeth Seydel Morgan
Robert Morgan
Shauna Morgan
Mary Oliver
Jim Peterson
Dan Powell
Melissa Range
Ron Rash
Chelsea Rathburn
Janisse Ray
Glenis Redmond
Rita Mae Reese
Billy Renkl
Henry Shearon
RT Smith
Bianca Spriggs
Heidi Lynn Staples
Laura-Gray Street
Dan Stryk
Suzanne Stryk
Susan O'Dell Underwood
Ellen Bryant Voigt
Gyorgyi Voros
Lesley Wheeler
L. Lamar Wilson
William Wright