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Looking for Native Ground
Rita Quillen has written a wonderful book, the only full-length study of Appalachian poetry I know and bound to be the best for a long time to come. She has drawn together poets we love, carefully reading them, Interpreting them, and deepening our own appreciation of their work. Her work is not only an exercise in understanding; It is an emblem of pride. Every one of us who counts himself or herself an Appalachian must be grateful to her for making us-and others as well-see clearly that we live at the most glorious literary moment our region has ever had.
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Published January 1, 1989
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Rita Sims Quillen
12 books62 followersNEW IN 2019--- My new novel, WAYLAND, sequel to HIDING EZRA, published Sept. 16 by Iris Press. I AM THRILLED! AND I also have a new poetry collection called SOME NOTES YOU HOLD from Madville Press in Texas.
NEW IN 2017 -- The out-of-print scholarly study of Appalachian poetry, LOOKING FOR NATIVE GROUND, which was originally published in 1987, has just been re-issued by Appalachian State University in conjunction with the University of North Carolina. The book is once again available for student and teachers through Amazon!
NEW IN 2016- THE MAD FARMER'S WIFE-a new full-length poetry collection from Texas Review Press, which was recently selected as a finalist for the prestigious book competition, the Weatherford Award in Appalachian Literature, given each year by Berea College.
Rita Quillen’s novel HIDING EZRA was just released in March, 2014 from Little Creek Books; it was a finalist in the 2005 DANA Awards competition, and a chapter of the novel is included in the new scholarly study of Appalachian dialect just published by the University of Kentucky Press entitled TALKING APPALACHIAN. She also has a new book of poems, SOMETHING SOLID TO ANCHOR TO, due out in 2014 as well.One of six semi- finalists for the 2012-14 Poet Laureate of Virginia, her poetry received a Pushcart nomination as well as a Best of the Net nomination in 2012. Her most recent collection HER SECRET DREAM, new and selected poems, is from WIND Press in Kentucky and was named the Outstanding Poetry Book of the Year by the Appalachian Writers Association in 2008. Previous works are poetry collections OCTOBER DUSK and COUNTING THE SUMS, as well as a book of essays LOOKING FOR NATIVE GROUND: CONTEMPORARY APPALACHIAN POETRY.
She lives and farms on Early Autumn Farm in Scott County, Virginia.
LIKE HER AUTHOR PAGE AT www.facebook.com/ritaquillenhidingezra
NEW IN 2017 -- The out-of-print scholarly study of Appalachian poetry, LOOKING FOR NATIVE GROUND, which was originally published in 1987, has just been re-issued by Appalachian State University in conjunction with the University of North Carolina. The book is once again available for student and teachers through Amazon!
NEW IN 2016- THE MAD FARMER'S WIFE-a new full-length poetry collection from Texas Review Press, which was recently selected as a finalist for the prestigious book competition, the Weatherford Award in Appalachian Literature, given each year by Berea College.
Rita Quillen’s novel HIDING EZRA was just released in March, 2014 from Little Creek Books; it was a finalist in the 2005 DANA Awards competition, and a chapter of the novel is included in the new scholarly study of Appalachian dialect just published by the University of Kentucky Press entitled TALKING APPALACHIAN. She also has a new book of poems, SOMETHING SOLID TO ANCHOR TO, due out in 2014 as well.One of six semi- finalists for the 2012-14 Poet Laureate of Virginia, her poetry received a Pushcart nomination as well as a Best of the Net nomination in 2012. Her most recent collection HER SECRET DREAM, new and selected poems, is from WIND Press in Kentucky and was named the Outstanding Poetry Book of the Year by the Appalachian Writers Association in 2008. Previous works are poetry collections OCTOBER DUSK and COUNTING THE SUMS, as well as a book of essays LOOKING FOR NATIVE GROUND: CONTEMPORARY APPALACHIAN POETRY.
She lives and farms on Early Autumn Farm in Scott County, Virginia.
LIKE HER AUTHOR PAGE AT www.facebook.com/ritaquillenhidingezra
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November 24, 2017
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I am thrilled to see this book back in print and available from Appalachian State and UNC--order from Amazon. It is a dream that I thought would never come true!
I am thrilled to see this book back in print and available from Appalachian State and UNC--order from Amazon. It is a dream that I thought would never come true!
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