Appalachian Ghost Floating Down Your Hall

by Rachel A. Hicks

Appalachian Ghost Floating Down Your Hall is a collection of poems by the late West Virginia author/teacher/plant enthusiast Rachel Hicks. Influenced by the author's upbringing in Appalachia and knack for finding bits of beauty in the everyday, the collection is sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking. Within the pages, Hicks speaks of life, death, and everything in between-- from the beauty of the land and the damage to it, to childhood, nostalgia, and flights of fancy.

Paperback

First published January 1, 2021

About the author

Rachel A. Hicks was a native of West Virginia. She earned an MA in English from Marshall University and an MFA in poetry from West Virginia Wesleyan College.

Rachel enjoyed old typewriters, even older books, children's fairy tales, and working in a local bookstore. Her work appeared in such places as Still: The Journal and Pikeville Review.

Reviews

[Ace Boggess · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book. Rachel Hicks was such a talented poet at the start of her career. She died too young. It was a joy to find this posthumously-released collection of her work. The pieces are sharp, pointed, accessible--everything I look for in a poem. As a reader, I connected with them and their powerful imagery. Together, they capture a life and a vision. I wish there could be more.