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News
(5)Silas House, Jason Howard, and Marianne Worthington announce the inaugural issue of Still, with work by Steve Holt, Ron Houchin, Irene Latham, Sue Massek, Donna McClanahan, Karen Salyer McElmurray, Beth Newberry, Lisa Parker, Mark Powell, Joshua Robbins, Kathi Whitley, Tiffany Williams, and Jack Wright.
Still is an online journal that will publish in October, February, and June and will feature, in addition to poems, stories, essays and interviews, multimedia creations like songs or short films.
Marianne says:
We will strive to publish the best established voices next to the best emerging writers of the region, and we believe we’ve done that in our first issue. Eventually we’ll have an annual contest and we’re slowly building our links page as a great resource for Appalachian literature, music, environmentalism, and other sites of interest to those who love Appalachia.
And about our name:
1. we believe that to be a writer is to learn how to be still,
2. The moonshine still is one of the stereotypical images of Appalachia,
3. as a culture, Appalachian has been told for decades that it is disappearing, but we are still here, proud and strong as ever, and
4. James Still, author of River of Earth, The Wolfpen Poems, and many other great works, is the grandfather of modern Appalachian literature and has inspired us all.The Licking River Review, an older, more tradition (i.e. print) journal, is seeking poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and artwork for its 2009-2010 issue. Submissions are accepted September–December. Submit up to five poems or up to 5,000 words of prose.
Send to:
Licking River Review
English Department, Northern Kentucky University
Highland Heights, KY 41099,
Attn: Donelle Dreese.Include a SASE.
Or, send to LRR@nku.edu
Frank X. Walker, who is Writer in Residence and Lecturer in English at Northern Kentucky University, said in his Accents interview that NKU is one of the state’s neglected resources. You can listen to that interview and reading at the podcast here.
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5 Responses to “News”
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Yet another Appalachia-focused publication that stops at the Mason-Dixon line. Sigh.
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What? There’s mountains north of the Ohio River?
You should write them and protest.
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i love the genealogy of the name
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More than mountains; Appalachia. Culturally and historically speaking, Appalachia starts in central and western PA. Remember the Whiskey Rebellion? Remember Daniel Boone’s birthplace? The Appalachian accent continues as far north as Pittsburgh and State College.
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True, Dave, speaking of “stills”. In fact, one of the inaugural poets, Ron Houchin, lives in Southern Ohio and Steve Holt teaches at Ohio University Southern. So maybe “southern” starts at Pittsburgh? Anyway, the border seems to be flexible. I’d get in touch.
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