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  • Smokeless Coal Fields of West Virginia: A Brief HistoryQuick View
    By: Tams Jr, W. P.

    Smokeless Coal Fields of West Virginia: A Brief History

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    The Smokeless Coal Fields of West Virginia: A Brief History first appeared in 1963, a little book by a man with no training as either a writer or a historian. Since then, this volume has become an ess… [more below]

    • Author: Tams Jr, W. P.
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 106
    • Publish Date: January 01 2001
    • ISBN10: 0937058556
    • Language: English
  • Clear Creek: Toward a Natural PhilosophyQuick View
    By: Reece, Erik

    Clear Creek: Toward a Natural Philosophy

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    Acclaimed author Erik Reece spends a year beside a rural Kentucky stream, in close observation of the natural world’s cycles, revelations, and redemptions.

    A critic once wrote that Rebecca West’s Bla

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    • Series: In Place
    • Author: Reece, Erik
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 280
    • Publish Date: August 01 2023
    • ISBN10: 1952271908
    • Language: English
  • LionessQuick View
    By: Powell, Mark

    Lioness

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    “Emotionally wrenching. . . . Haunting (and haunted) in the best possible way.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
    “Darkly compelling.” –Tom Perrotta

    In the fall of 2018, a bomb goes off at a water-bo

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    • Author: Powell, Mark
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 304
    • Publish Date: April 01 2022
    • ISBN10: 1952271444
    • Language: English
  • God of River MudQuick View
    By: Sizemore, Vic

    God of River Mud

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    Grappling with innate desires and LGBTQ identity, a family struggles under the oppressive expectations foisted on them by fundamentalist Christianity.

    Told through alternating perspectives, God of Ri

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    • Author: Sizemore, Vic
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 424
    • Publish Date: January 01 2024
    • ISBN10: 1959000020
    • Language: English
  • Bratwurst Haven: StoriesQuick View
    By: King, Rachel

    Bratwurst Haven: Stories

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    2023 Colorado Book Award Winner, Literary Fiction
    “An excellent collection that’s likely to appeal to fans of Alice Munro and Tobias Wolff.” —Kirkus Reviews

    It’s almost a decade after the Great Rec

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    • Author: King, Rachel
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 152
    • Publish Date: November 01 2022
    • ISBN10: 1952271495
    • Language: English
  • Roxy and CocoQuick View
    By: Svoboda, Terese

    Roxy and Coco

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    Roxy and Coco, sisters and glamorous harpies (mythical bird women), work to save the world by stopping child abuse, while also trying to evade capture. For readers of Neil Gaiman and Karen Russell.

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    • Author: Svoboda, Terese
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 286
    • Publish Date: February 01 2024
    • ISBN10: 1959000063
    • Language: English
  • Hillbilly HustleQuick View
    By: Browne, Wesley

    Hillbilly Hustle

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    “The first chapter appeared in different form in The Pikeville review”–Copyright page.

    • Author: Browne, Wesley
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 264
    • Publish Date: January 15 2020
    • ISBN10: 1949199282
    • Language: English
  • The In-Betweens: A Lyrical MemoirQuick View
    By: Loeb, Davon

    The In-Betweens: A Lyrical Memoir

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    “Utterly captivating and resonant.” —Chicago Review of Books
    “Gorgeously told.” —Philadelphia Inquirer
    “Resonant. . . . Engagingly delivered, candid reflections on heritage and identity.” —Kirkus

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    • Author: Loeb, Davon
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 280
    • Publish Date: February 01 2023
    • ISBN10: 1952271746
    • Language: English
  • Radical Hope: A Teaching ManifestoQuick View
    By: Gannon, Kevin M.

    Radical Hope: A Teaching Manifesto

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    “Kevin Gannon asks that the contemporary university’s manifold problems be approached as opportunities for critical engagement, arguing that, when done effectively, teaching is by definition emancipat… [more below]

  • Thunder on the Mountain: Death at Massey and the Dirty Secrets Behind Big CoalQuick View
    By: Galuszka, Peter A.

    Thunder on the Mountain: Death at Massey and the Dirty Secrets Behind Big Coal

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    On April 5, 2010, an explosion ripped through Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch mine, killing twenty-nine coal miners. This tragedy was the deadliest mine disaster in the United States in forty years-a… [more below]

    • Author: Galuszka, Peter A.
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 283
    • Publish Date: November 01 2014
    • ISBN10: 1940425247
    • Language: English
  • The Harlan Renaissance: Stories of Black Life in Appalachian Coal TownsQuick View
    By: Turner, William H.

    The Harlan Renaissance: Stories of Black Life in Appalachian Coal Towns

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    Weatherford Award Winner, Nonfiction

    A personal remembrance from the preeminent chronicler of Black life in Appalachia.

    The Harlan Renaissance is an intimate remembrance of kinship and community in ea

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    • Author: Turner, William H.
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 352
    • Publish Date: October 01 2021
    • ISBN10: 1952271215
    • Language: English
  • In Other Lifetimes All I've Lost Comes Back to Me: StoriesQuick View
    By: Sender, Courtney

    In Other Lifetimes All I’ve Lost Comes Back to Me: Stories

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    “A deep and howling portrait of longing and loneliness.” —Boston Globe
    “A distinctive debut from a promising author.” —Kirkus Reviews
    “A stunner from the very first page.” –Deesha Philyaw, author

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    • Author: Sender, Courtney
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 208
    • Publish Date: March 01 2023
    • ISBN10: 1952271789
    • Language: English
  • LGBTQ Fiction and Poetry from AppalachiaQuick View
    By: Mann, Jeff

    LGBTQ Fiction and Poetry from Appalachia

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    “This collection, the first of its kind, gathers fiction and poetry from lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer authors from Appalachia. Like much Appalachian literature, these works are perva… [more below]

    • Author: Mann, Jeff
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 288
    • Publish Date: April 01 2019
    • ISBN10: 1946684929
    • Language: English
  • Mama Said: StoriesQuick View
    By: Gentry, Kristen

    Mama Said: Stories

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    “A celebration of Black family life that will make you laugh and cry in equal measure.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)​
    “The collection will reshape what you think about the region and the p

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    • Author: Gentry, Kristen
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 288
    • Publish Date: October 1, 2023
    • ISBN10: 1952271983
    • Language: English
  • The Wounds That Bind UsQuick View
    By: Kelley Shinn

    The Wounds That Bind Us

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    The improbable and powerful true story of a single mother with prosthetics for both legs who travels the globe with her young daughter in a Land Rover.

    “A harrowing memoir. . . . Readers may not want

    • Author: Shinn, Kelley
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 296
    • Publish Date: June 01, 2023
    • ISBN10: 195227186X
    • Language: English
  • Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain PlaceQuick View
    By: Neema Avashia

    Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place

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    “Commands your attention from the first page to the last word.” –Morgan Jerkins

    • Author: Avashia, Neema
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 168
    • Publish Date: March 01, 2022
    • ISBN10: 1952271428
    • Language: English
  • The Book of the DeadQuick View
    By: Muriel Rukeyser

    The Book of the Dead

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    “Written in response to the Hawk’s Nest Tunnel disaster of 1931 in Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, The Book of the Dead is an important part of West Virginia’s cultural heritage and a powerful account o… [more below]

    • Author: Rukeyser, Muriel
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 144
    • Publish Date: February 01 2018
    • ISBN10: 194668421X
    • Language: English
  • The Secret Lives of Church LadiesQuick View
    By: Deesha Philyaw

    The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

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    *FINALIST for the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction*
    *WINNER of the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award*
    *WINNER of the 2020 Story Prize    *
    *WINNER of the 2020 L.A. Times Book Prize, Art Seidenbaum Award for F

    • Author: Philyaw, Deesha
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 192
    • Publish Date: September 01, 2020
    • ISBN10: 1949199738
    • Language: English
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