Every river on Earth : writing from Appalachian Ohio / edited by Neil Carpathios ; foreword by Donald Ray Pollock.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carpathios, Neil, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ohio--Literary collections.

Ohio.

Appalachian Region--Literary collections.

Appalachian Region.

Genre:

Literary collections.

Literature.

Physical Description:

xx, 199 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2015]

Summary:

"Every River on Earth: Writing from Appalachian Ohio includes some of the best regional poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction from forty contemporary writers, both established and up-and-coming. The wide range of material from authors such as David Baker, Don Bogen, Michelle Burke, Richard Hague, Donald Ray Pollock, and others, offers the reader a window into daily life in the region. The people, the landscape, the struggles, and the deepest undercurrents of what it means to be from and of a place are revealed in these original, deeply moving, and sometimes shocking pieces. The book is divided into four sections: Family & Folks, The Land, The Grind, and Home & Away, each of which explores a different aspect of the place that these authors call home. The sections work together beautifully to capture what it means to live, to love, and to die in this particular slice of Appalachia. The writing is accessible and often emotionally raw; Every River on Earth invites all types of readers and conveys a profound appreciation of the region's character. The authors also offer personal statements about their writing, allowing the reader an intimate insight into their processes, aesthetics, and inspirations. What is it to be an Appalachian? What is it to be an Appalachian in Ohio? This book vividly paints that picture. Every River on Earth David Lee Garrison I look out the window and see through the neighbor's window to an Amish buggy where three children are peeping back, and in their eyes I see the darkness of plowed earth hiding seed. Wind pokes the land in winter, trying to waken it, and in the melting snow I see rainbows and in them every river on earth. I see all the way to the ocean, where sand and stones embrace each falling wave and reach back to gather it in"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

I Family and Folks

Mirror, Brush & Comb / Roy Bentley Bentley, Roy 3

Far 4

A Night in 1962 6

Folding Tables and Five-Card Stud / David Lee Garrison Garrison, David Lee 7

Peace in a Primitive Place / Beverly Zeimer Zeimer, Beverly 9

Ohio Lightning / Jean Musser Musser, Jean 10

Stubborn Roots / Preston Martin Martin, Preston 11

Enough to Go Around / Beverly Zeimer Zeimer, Beverly 12

The Offer / Ed Davis Davis, Ed 14

The Farmer's Wife's Vacation / Janet Ladrach Ladrach, Janet 28

Watching My Neighbor in His Fields / Jeanne Bryner Bryner, Jeanne 29

A Clear Path / Julie L. Moore Moore, Julie L. 31

The Way Things Are / Cathryn Essinger Essinger, Cathryn 32

August 1976: Bertha Welcomes Me to the Neighborhood / Jeanne Bryner Bryner, Jeanne 34

Outside / David Baker Baker, David 36

In Memorium: Ginger / Benjamin S. Grossberg Grossberg, Benjamin S. 38

Written on a Big Cheap Postcard from the James Wright Festival in Martins Ferry, Ohio, 1999 / Diane Kendig Kendig, Diane 41

Remembering James Wright / Michael Waterson Waterson, Michael 43

II The Land

Ohio Hills / Sue Lonney Lonney, Sue 47

Beside Spring Creek / Cathryn Essinger Essinger, Cathryn 48

Someday, the sycamores... 50

Sycamore Country / Richard Hague Hague, Richard 52

Not Children / Benjamin S. Grossberg Grossberg, Benjamin S. 57

Chipmunk a peripheral imposition... / Brian Richards Richards, Brian 58

Twenty years ago red maple saplings wound... 58

Walking the creek bed he picked up a siltstone fragment nickel... 58

Box / Ivars Balkits Balkits, Ivars 60

Hallows Eve / Scott Urban Urban, Scott 61

Too Many / David Baker Baker, David 62

Cardinals / Don Bogen Bogen, Don 64

Horse Loquela / Michelle Y. Burke Burke, Michelle Y. 65

Market Day 66

The Poet Performs in the Theater of Cows / Julie L. Moore Moore, Julie L. 67

Wine Tasting Nine A.M. / Christopher Citro Citro, Christopher 68

Every River on Earth / David Lee Garrison Garrison, David Lee 69

III The Grind

In Line for the Cashier / Laura Madeline Wiseman Wiseman, Laura Madeline 73

South of the Train Tracks 75

Everything Must Go / Joel Peckham Peckham, Joel 76

Coming Home / Michael Henson Henson, Michael 78

The Last Shot / Christina Jones Jones, Christina 87

Patriotics / David Baker Baker, David 94

Destroying New Boston / Brooks Rexroat Rexroat, Brooks 96

The Jesus Eights / Donald Ray Pollock Pollock, Donald Ray 106

Psalm 96 / Joel Peckham Peckham, Joel 116

IV Home and Away

To the Young Man Living on the Fourteenth Floor, Missing the Hills of Appalachia / Cathy Cultice Lentes Lentes, Cathy Cultice 121

The Stars in Shawnee / Dallas Woodburn Woodburn, Dallas 122

Reading James Wright during a Louisiana Afternoon Thunderstorm Realize There Are Worse Places to Live Than Zanesville, Ohio / Mark Allen Jenkins Jenkins, Mark Allen 129

A Ride / Don Gogen Gogen, Don 130

The Friday Night Dance / Ronald D. Giles Giles, Ronald D. 131

The Girls Play Dress-Up Pyrotechnicalities / Myrna Stone Stone, Myrna 150

Painting Portsmouth / Tanya Bomsta Bomsta, Tanya 151

Kathleen's Talent / Herbert Woodward Martin Martin, Herbert Woodward 156

Route 4 / David Lee Garrison Garrison, David Lee 157

Portrait of Southern Ohio in 5-Syllable Road Signs / Adam Sol Sol, Adam 159

In This Reality, You Exit at the Next McDonald's for Fries and a Shake / Christopher Citro Citro, Christopher 160

You Just Sit There Dreaming 161

The Fair / Hayley Hughes Hughes, Hayley 162

caution: do not use with mono devices / Jennifer Schomburg Kanke Kanke, Jennifer Schomburg 176

Moving to Adams County, 1973 / Lianne Spidel Spidel, Lianne 177

Visiting Ohio / Jean Musser Musser, Jean 178

Tourist Brochure for Athens, Ohio / Rebecca J. R. Lachman Lachman, Rebecca J. R. 180

Caught Up in Summer / Janet Ladrach Ladrach, Janet 182.

ISBN:

9780821421284

082142128X

0821421298

9780821421291

OCLC:

880966123