This issue of the Appalachian Review features creative nonfiction from Ann Pancake, Jarred Johnson, Sarah Ladd, and Nancy Luana Wilkes fiction from Jeff Wallace poetry from Terry L. Kennedy, Emry Trantham, Dorothy Neagle, Faiz Ahmad, Josh Nicolaisen, Burnside Soleil, Jeff Tigchelaar, Ashley Danielle Ry, Sara Jeanine Smith, Cecilia Durbin, and ......
This issue of the Appalachian Review (formerly Appalachian Heritage) features fiction from Gavin Colton and Christopher Labaza creative nonfiction from Jacquelyn Scott and Michael Dowdy poetry from Jeremy Paden, Rebecca Lilly, David S. Higdon, Jaycee Billington, Ace Englehart, Katy Luxem, and Adam Moore an interview with poet Marianne Worthington, ......
Stephen Douglas, Jefferson Davis, and the Struggle for American Democracy
As the sectional crisis gripped the United States, the rancor increasingly spread to the halls of Congress. Preston Brooks's frenzied assault on Charles Sumner was perhaps the most notorious evidence of the dangerous divide between proslavery Democrats and the new antislavery Republican Party. But as disunion loomed, rifts within the majority ......
Black and Chinese Citizens of the World in the Twentieth Century
This book explores the close relationships between three of the most famous twentieth-century African Americans, W. E. B. Du Bois, Paul Robeson, and Langston Hughes, and their little-known Chinese allies during World War II and the Cold War-journalist, musician, and Christian activist Liu Liangmo, and Sino-Caribbean dancer-choreographer Sylvia ......
This beautiful and informative volume illustrates the vitality and importance of North Carolina's contemporary art scene, showcasing the creation, collection, and celebration of art in all its richness and diversity. Featuring profiles of individual artists, compelling interviews, and beautiful full-color photography, this book tells the story of ......
The Sociology of an African American Family's Generational Journey
In this masterful work of family-focused sociology, Lois Benjamin considers the lives of Pennie and Roscoe James and their children, revealing how a large, close-knit African American family with humble origins in a small town of North Carolina is shaped by the contours of its religious and ethical value system. Despite the challenges of daily ......
The Sociology of an African American Family's Generational Journey
In this masterful work of family-focused sociology, Lois Benjamin considers the lives of Pennie and Roscoe James and their children, revealing how a large, close-knit African American family with humble origins in a small town of North Carolina is shaped by the contours of its religious and ethical value system. Despite the challenges of daily ......
Debating Drinking and Masculinity in the Civil War
Liquor was essential to military culture as well as healthcare regimens in both the Union and Confederate armies. But its widespread use and misuse caused severe disruptions as unruly drunken soldiers and officers stumbled down roads and through towns, colliding with civilians. The problems surrounding liquor prompted debates among military ......
Debating Drinking and Masculinity in the Civil War
Liquor was essential to military culture as well as healthcare regimens in both the Union and Confederate armies. But its widespread use and misuse caused severe disruptions as unruly drunken soldiers and officers stumbled down roads and through towns, colliding with civilians. The problems surrounding liquor prompted debates among military ......
