Now and Then
New Appalachian Writing
Volume 9, Number 1- Spring 1992
Columns

Appalachia and the Art of Living by Richard Blaustein, director, Center for Appalachian Studies and Services

Encouraging Excellent Writing by Pat Arnow, editor

Resources for Writers by Blair H. White, curator, Reece Museum

Keeper of Memories by Norma Myers, head, and Marie Tedesco, public service archivist, Archives and Special Collections

Prose

“Nonnie and the Big Talker” excerpt from The Devil’s Dream by Lee Smith

His Last Fool Notion by Jim Wayne Miller

“How to Hunt Bears” and “The Bear” excerpts from The Bear Facts a play by Jo Carson

Appalachian Autobiography edited by Fred Waage

On Writing

Mary Lee Settle & The Mountain Kingdom: A World Where Nobody Forgets Anything by Jane Harris Woodside

Dan Leidig: Dousing for the Genuine, Teaching and Writing in Appalachia by Brenda Acton Neal

Appalachian Writers ... Read with Nikki Giovanni, John Bowers, Fred Chappell, and Jim Wayne Miller

Reading for The Bear Facts by Jo Carson

Poetry

Paradise Reclaimed by Dan Leidig

Poem for the Second Born by Lynn Powell

Sword Drill by Lynn Powell

The Writer As Spider by Christina Pacosz

Above Dry Branch by Dan Leidig

Those Who Trespass by Dan Leidig

Fences by Dan Leidig

History by Dan Leidig

Passage by Dan Leidig

Markings by Dan Leidig

Contrary Motions by Dan Leidig

Dad by Frederick Wilbur

Grohnirs’ Corner on a Saturday Night by Walt Haden

After Hoeing the Bottom Planted in Corn by Deborah Hale Spears

the dead by Suzanna O’Donnell

Candy Wages by Glenn McKee

Immersion (a pantoum) by Darnell Arnoult

Rules of Language by Michael Chitwood

Old Boots by David Black

Other Uses by Michael Chitwood

Jack Rabbit Scraggs by Kathleen Corcoran

The Wolf by Georgeann Eskievich Rettberg

Imprint by Dan Leidig

The House of the Fathers by Fred Chappell

Reviews

New Writing from the Ohio River Valley: A Red Shadow of Steel Mills: Photos and Poems by Timothy Russel, David J. Adams, Kip Knott and Richard Hague, Definitions by Peter Oresick, The Day the Eighties Began by P.J. Laska, Old Martins, New Strings by the Mason Dixon Trio (P.J. Laska, Bob Snyder and Joe Barrett), reviewed by Mike Henson

The Poetics of Appalachian Space edited by Parks Lanier Jr., reviewed by Richard Blaustein

fool talking to the full moon by Brian Knave, edited by Bob Henry Baber

Cabins in the Laurel by Muriel Earley Sheppard, reviewed by Pat Arnow

The Wolfpen Notebooks: A Record of Appalachian Life by James Still, reviewed by Charles Moore and Pat Arnow

Weeds of Kentucky and Adjacent States: A Field Guide by Patricia Dalton Haragan, reviewed by Pat Arnow

The Cherokee Americans: The Eastern Band of the Cherokees in the Twentieth Century by John R. Finger, reviewed by Jane Harris Woodside

The Handcraft Revival in Southern Appalachia 1930-1990 by Garry G. Barker, reviewed by Pat Arnow

Shazam! Blow the Tannery Whistle by Gary Carden, reviewed by Charles Moore and Pat Arnow

Quilt Pieces by Jane Wilson Joyce & Meredith Sue Willis, reviewed by Pat Arnow

New Poetry recommended by Jo Carson

Music

“The Caterpillar Song” by Anndrena Belcher, commentary by Ed Snodderly


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The Scottish-Appalachian Connection
Volume 9, Number 2- Summer 1992
Columns

Broadening Horizons by Richard Blaustein, director, Center for Appalachian Studies and Services

Exploring Appalachian Origins by Pat Arnow, editor

Documenting the Appalachian-Scottish Connection by Norma Myers, head, and Marie Tedesco, archivist, Archives and Special Collections

A Cultural Quest by Thomas G. Burton, director, Appalachian-Scottish Studies Program

Articles

Creating Emblems of Pride by Richard Blaustein

Words That Make the Connections from The Concise Scots Dictionary, edited by Mairi Robinson

Gathering the Clans on Grandfather Mountain by Pat Arnow, based on interviews by Pat Arnow and Richard Blaustein

The Tents of the Midianites: The Fall from Kilted Grace by Amy Tipton Gray

The Long Journey from Scotland to Ulster to Appalachia: The Migration of Scots to Ulster and Appalachia (with a map) by Thomas G. Burton

Becoming Scotch-Irish by Curtis Wood Jr.

The Scotch-Irish in Southern Appalachia by Tyler Blethen

The MacRoots Phenomenon or The Myth of Scottish America by Ted Cowan

Place for Sale: The Search for Fantasy Mountain in Scotland & Western North Carolina by John B. Stephenson

For Singin’ and No for Readin’: Scottish Ballads in America by Herschel Gower

Stanley Robertson & Ray Hicks: The 2 Jacks by Barbara McDermitt

Exploring the Roots of Appalachian English by Michael Montgomery

Appalachian Grammar: Appalachian Vocabulary from Volume I of Dictionary of American Regional English

Poetry

The Woman Aweavin’ Clouds by Inga Lycan Kimple

Reviews

May the Devil Walk Behind Ye! Scottish Traveller Tales by Duncan Williamson and Outwitting the Devil: Jack Tales from Wise County, Virginia edited by Charles Purdue, reviewed by Grace Toney Edwards

Highland Laddie Gone by Sharon McCrumb, reviewed by Zahora Boyd, from Appalachian Journal

Scotland, Ulster and the Appalachian Connection: Reviewing the Sources by Richard Blaustein

Music
“Loving Hannah” as sung by Margaret Bennett commentary by Ed Snodderly

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Sports in Appalachia
Volume 9, Number 3- Fall 1992
Columns

A Non-Fan's Notes by Pat Arnow, editor

Preserving Athletic History by Helen Roseberry, director, Reece Museum

Picturing the Teams (Photograph) staff, Archives of Appalachia

Articles

Great (By God) Athletes: West Virginians in sports talk about environment and destiny by Patrick Sloan

From Sabbath Sin to Gridiron Evangelism: Sports and Religion in Southern Appalachia by Robert J. Higgs

Bernie’s Odyssey: Denver Nuggets general manager Bernie Bickerstaff’s basketball roots in Harlan County, Ky. by Glenn Nelson

Junior Johnson and the Sport Invented in Appalachia by Pat Arnow

From Back Roads to Major Sponsors: The Rise of Stock Car Racing in America by Pat Arnow

Notes on a Museum’s Tribute by Pat Arnow

Tourism 12, Tradition 0: The Decline of Cherokee Stickball by Ted Olson

Voice of the Wildcats by Laurene Scalf

Great Athletes of Appalachia Now and Then compiled by Laurene Scalf

Janice Shelton—A Woman’s Place 1992: A.D. by Laurene Scalf

The Team We Got by Frank Soos

Appalachia Becomes Mainstream: From Down-Home Baseball to the Rookie Leagues by Marie Tedesco

Rounding First in Appalachia by Marie Tedesco

Winning in the Rural Zone: How Cam Henderson Invented the Zone Defense by Bob Barnett

And the Big Orange Caissons Went Rolling Along—R.R. Neyland: Engineer, Soldier, Football Coach by Andrew J. Kozar

Conversation with a Football Vet: Interview with Andrew Kozar by Laurene Scalf

Fiction

“Coalfield baseball, 1921,” an excerpt from Storming Heaven by Denise Giardina

Poetry

Pirate Woman by Gerogeann Eskievich Rettberg

Bingo by Gerogeann Eskievich Rettberg

Telephone Call by Barbara Smith

Mowing by Randy Oakes

Cats by Jim Wayne Miller

The Batter from Garrett by Michael G. Johnson

Family Camping by Glenn McKee

Reviews

Neyland: The Gridiron General by Bob Gilbert, reviewed by Robert J. Higgs

HELLO EVERYBODY, This is Cawood Ledford by Cawood Ledford as told to Billy Reed, reviewed by Laurene Scalf

AETHLON: The Journal of Sport Literature edited by Don Johnson, reviewed by Laurene Scalf

A History of Sports in North Carolina by Jim L. Sumner, reviewed by Laurene Scalf

Highland Trails: A Guide to Scenic Walking and Riding Trails—Northeast Tennessee, Western North Carolina, Southwest Virginia (Revised Edition with New Trails) by Kenneth Murray and Walking the Blue Ridge: A Guide to the Trails of the Blue Ridge Parkway by Leonard M. Adkins, reviewed by Pat Arnow

Music

“Race Between a Bike and a Train by Joe Carter commentary by Ed Snodderly


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