Appalachian Journal

Volume 46 Numbers 3-4 ● 2019

SIGNS OF THE TIMES ... 156

THE POETS ... 170

FIRST-PERSON ESSAY

• Rotten Cucumbers by Fred Chappell … 172

INTERVIEWS

• Documentary and Community: An Interview with Elaine McMillion Sheldon by Tom Hansell ... 186
• Mark Powell—Writing with Dark Vision, with Hope by Conrad Ostwalt, with Mark Powell … 220

ARTICLES

• Limited Access: Appalachians and the Golden Age of Radio by Phillip J. Obermiller ... 202
• Diminishing Returns: Epic Motifs in John Ehle’s Mountain Novels by Ethan Mannon ... 244

REVIEW ESSAY

• The Art of Complexity—Anniversary Essays on Agee by Michael Henson ... 262

REVIEWS

• Gary Boye on Bill Monroe: The Life and Music of a Blue Grass Man by Tom Ewing ... 274
• Sunshine Liberty Brosi on Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer ... 276
• Micah McCrotty on Every Leaf a Mirror by Jim Wayne Miller ... 277
• Rondalyn V. Whitney on LGBTQ Fiction and Poetry from Appalachia edited by Jeff Mann and Julia Watts... 280
• Theresa L. Burriss on Yellow Stonefly by Tim Poland ... 282
• Fred Chappell on The Book of Awe by Susan O’Dell Underwood ... 285
• Connie Jordan Green on Palindrome by Pauletta Hansel ... 288
• Rebecca Branson Jones on Linefork by Vic Rawlings and Jeff Silva ... 289

POETRY

• Aster by George Ella Lyon ... 171
• Swimming Hole, Audra State Park by Jimmy Long ... 185
• What Remained by Jimmy Long ... 185
• Man in the Photo by Susan J. Mitchell ... 201
• Defining Rural by Amy Price Azano ... 218-219
• Hometown Boys by Jimmy Long ... 261
• Poet’s Harshest Critics by Waltr Lane ... 273

CHRONICLE ... 292

APPALACHIA BY THE NUMBERS ... 298

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