Appalachian Journal

Volume 52 Number 3 ● SPRING 2025  ● APPALACHIAN VISUAL ART Special Edition

In This Ether by Joseph Bathanti poetry... 208

SIGNS OF THE TIMES, with illustrations by Annie Greenwood... 210

Vandal Beheads Controversial Statue of Mary Giving Birth Inside Austrian Cathedral by  Wesley R. Bishop poetry... 218

SCHOLARLY ARTICLE 
Art in Them Mountains: Critical Discussions on Appalachia, Identity, and Abolition by Vivian Swayne and Michelle Brown—with Jakeli Swimmer and Lacy Hale... 219

DISCUSSION 
Virtual Q&A transcript of the 2021 “Contemporary Appalachian Photography: Panel Discussion” featuring Clarissa Sligh, lydia see, Megan King, and shauna caldwell...237

New to the Country: The Refugee’s Song by  Linda Kennedy, Lu Henninger, Allan Bowers, Laura Johnson, Lorina Stuter, Jim McKinley, Keith Dowdy, and Clare Traynor, facilitated by Abby Minor poetry...244

SERIES FEATURES
Frances Bukovsky...246
Laura Walkingstick...252
Kari Gunter-Seymour...259
Elle Ivy Green...270
Jen Picicci...276
Jody Bradley...282
Jason Flack...288
Marcus Morris...293
David Underwood...299

Ruby Anniversary by Susan O’Dell Underwood poetry...303
Rehearsal (1952) by Marianne Worthington poetry...304
Two Hounds (1895) by Marianne Worthington poetry...305

SCHOLARLY ARTICLE 
“West Virginia Tin Man”: The Life and Art of Robert Villamagna by Jeffrey B. Grubbs...306

Deep Water by Gary Grossman poetry...323
Dawn, Autumn Forest, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee by Jeremy Michael Reed poetry...324
The Pea Shellers by Jeremy Michael Reed poetry...325

CREATIVE NONFICTION 
Finding Thoreau in the Blue Ridge: Charlie Brouwer’s “Framework Walden”  by Suzanne Stryk...326

Touch-me-nots by Gene Hyde poetry...331
A Spider Answers the Critics by Gene Hyde poetry...332

REVIEWS

Caleb Brown on Rich Community: An Anthology of Appalachian Photographers edited by David Underwood...333
Tonya Nagle on Deep Ruts by Julie Rae Powers...335
Todd Snyder on No Options: Hip-Hop in Appalachia produced by J.K. Turner, Ted Olson, and William H. Turner...336
Audrey Nidiffer on Holler: A Graphic Memoir of Rural Resistance by Denali Sai Nalamalapu...340
Pauletta Hansel on Dirt Songs by Kari Gunter-Seymour...342

CHRONICLE ... 344

APPALACHIA BY THE NUMBERS...348

CONTRIBUTOR BIOS...349

AppalJ is dedicated to fostering diversity of opinion; the viewpoints expressed in these pages are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent opinions of the editor, the Board, or Appalachian State University.

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