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Listen Here: Women Writing in Appalachia

Resource ID: 33067

Type: non-fiction, book

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women, regional

editor:

Sandra L. Ballard, Patricia L. Hudson

publisher:

University Press of Kentucky

date:

8.1.2004

ISBN:

9780813190662

pages:

673

notes:

contents:

description:

Listen Here: Women Writing in Appalachia is a landmark anthology that brings together the work of 105 Appalachian women writers, including Dorothy Allison, Harriette Simpson Arnow, Annie Dillard, Nikki Giovanni, Denise Giardina, Barbara Kingsolver, Jayne Anne Phillips, Janice Holt Giles, George Ella Lyon, Sharyn McCrumb, and Lee Smith. Editors Sandra L. Ballard and Patricia L. Hudson offer a diverse sampling of time periods and genres, established authors and emerging voices. From regional favor

places:

Appalachia

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