Book Excerpt: The Garden of Fragile Beings
Carolyn Welch is a writer and a pediatric nurse practitioner. Her poetry and fiction have appeared in Gulf Coast, Poet Lore, Bellevue Literary Review, Sundog, Tar River Poetry, The Southeast Review, The Minnesota Review, and other literary journals. She lives in Norris, Tennessee.
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Book Excerpt: An American Sunrise: Poems
Joy Harjo, who formerly held the John C. Hodges Chair of Excellence at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is an internationally renowned performer and writer of the Muscogee Creek Nation. The author of eight books of poetry and a memoir, Crazy Brave, she was named United States Poet Laureate in 2019.
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I’ve learned a lot while reading with my son
It dawned on me that I have neglected words. I’ve treated them as a means to an end, nothing more. That realization is just one of the lessons Henry led me to. Reading with a child, I’ve discovered, is a continual learning experience for everyone involved.
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Book Excerpt: Queen of Jacks
Stellasue Lee is a co-host, with Linda Parsons, of WordStream, a weekly reading series in Knoxville. She was founding editor of Rattleand is now editor emerita. Dr. Lee received her Ph.D. from Honolulu University. Winner of the grand prize of Poetry to Aide Humanity by Al Falah in Malaysia, she now teaches privately.
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Contemporary Appalachian writers profile one another in Step into the Circle
In Step into the Circle, editors Amy Greene and Trent Thomson bring together Appalachian writers and photographers to profile some of the region’s beloved literary forces, including Wendell Berry, Silas House, Crystal Wilkinson, Ron Rash, and Lee Smith.
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Barry Zito was the hottest, highest-paid pitcher in the major leagues. So why did he feel so lost?
Barry Zito’s memoir, Curveball, recounts the star pitcher’s triumph, failure, and long spiritual quest.
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