Mode of Program Participation
Performances and Arts
Participation Type
Performance
Session Title
A Reading from Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel Volume 19: Appalachia Under Thirty
Session Abstract or Summary
A project of the Southern Appalachian Writers Cooperative, Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel has given voice to a wide range of Appalachian writers since the mid-1980s. An annual themed literary journal focusing on writers from the Appalachian Mountains, Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel has no institutional support, but rather is a grassroots effort of writers, editors and activists from the region. In honor of our thirty-some years of publication, the theme for our current issue is Appalachia Under Thirty. We invited writers under thirty to talk about their lives and issues. And, not to exclude older writers, we invited those over thirty to reflect on their own under-thirty experiences, or their current observation of youth culture in Appalachian communities. We received a wealth of material from each. These poems, stories, essays, and memoirs are, by turns, angry, pensive, joyful— reflective, we think, of the exciting work being done in this second generation of the Appalachian literary renaissance. We hope Appalachian Studies Association Conference participants will this lively and enlivening reading and conversation about this current issue of Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel, a literary journal with grit.
Presentation #1 Title
A Reading from Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel Volume 19: Appalachia Under Thirty
Presentation #1 Abstract or Summary
A project of the Southern Appalachian Writers Cooperative, Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel has given voice to a wide range of Appalachian writers since the mid-1980s. An annual themed literary journal focusing on writers from the Appalachian Mountains, Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel has no institutional support, but rather is a grassroots effort of writers, editors and activists from the region. In honor of our thirty-some years of publication, the theme for our current issue is Appalachia Under Thirty. We invited writers under thirty to talk about their lives and issues. And, not to exclude older writers, we invited those over thirty to reflect on their own under-thirty experiences, or their current observation of youth culture in Appalachian communities. We received a wealth of material from each. These poems, stories, essays, and memoirs are, by turns, angry, pensive, joyful— reflective, we think, of the exciting work being done in this second generation of the Appalachian literary renaissance. We hope Appalachian Studies Association Conference participants will this lively and enlivening reading and conversation about this current issue of Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel, a literary journal with grit.
At-A-Glance Bio- Presenter #1
Matt Prater is a poet and writer from Saltville, VA. Winner of both the George Scarbrough Prize for Poetry and James Still Prize for Short Story, his work has appeared in many journals, including Appalachian Heritage, The Honest Ulsterman, The Moth, and Still. He is currently an MFA candidate in poetry at Virginia Tech.
At-A-Glance Bio- Presenter #2
Scott Hanna is life-long resident of the Upper Ohio Valley. He received a BA in English from West Liberty State College, an MA in Literature from Marshall University, and a PhD in Literature and Criticism from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He currently teaches American Literature and writing at West Liberty University.
At-A-Glance Bio- Presenter #3
Richard Childers is a Kentuckian from Estill County. He is a graduate of Berea College with a degree in English. His short story Hocked was chosen as the runner-up for the 2015 Gurney Norman Prize for Fiction and will be published in The Limestone Journal this spring.
At-A-Glance Bio- Presenter #4
Mindy Dawn Silvergarden lives in the mountains of Centre County, Pennsylvania where she enjoys the great outdoors while taking the leisurely route to a degree in Economics and Labor Studies.
At-A-Glance Bio- Presenter #5
From Ironton, Ohio, Omope Carter Daboiku is an internationally acclaimed storyteller and emergent writer.
At-A-Glance Bio- Presenter #6
Joyce Compton Brown earned degrees from Appalachian State University and from the University of Southern Mississippi. She studied poetry at Hindman and took workshops at Berea College. She taught at Gardner-Webb University and has published in numerous journals. Her chapbook Bequest is published by Finishing Line Press.
A Reading from Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel Volume 19: Appalachia Under Thirty
A project of the Southern Appalachian Writers Cooperative, Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel has given voice to a wide range of Appalachian writers since the mid-1980s. An annual themed literary journal focusing on writers from the Appalachian Mountains, Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel has no institutional support, but rather is a grassroots effort of writers, editors and activists from the region. In honor of our thirty-some years of publication, the theme for our current issue is Appalachia Under Thirty. We invited writers under thirty to talk about their lives and issues. And, not to exclude older writers, we invited those over thirty to reflect on their own under-thirty experiences, or their current observation of youth culture in Appalachian communities. We received a wealth of material from each. These poems, stories, essays, and memoirs are, by turns, angry, pensive, joyful— reflective, we think, of the exciting work being done in this second generation of the Appalachian literary renaissance. We hope Appalachian Studies Association Conference participants will this lively and enlivening reading and conversation about this current issue of Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel, a literary journal with grit.
