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Appalachian Studies
Anne Shelby's poems of a modern Appalachian woman cut across all strata of society.
116 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2006
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June 10, 2009
Anne Shelby makes me laugh.
Anne Shelby makes me think.
Anne Shelby makes me shake my power fist and cry out “Right on, Sister!”
And oh, how refreshing that is.
The poems in Appalachian Studies aren’t difficult. They are plain-spoken statements from a plain-spoken witty woman who is by nature a storyteller.
Shelby is also clear-eyed, and though her poems, like her stories, tend to the folksy, there is nothing of the sentimental about them.
Appalachian Studies is a volume of poetry you can devour at a sitting.
And I did.
Anne Shelby makes me think.
Anne Shelby makes me shake my power fist and cry out “Right on, Sister!”
And oh, how refreshing that is.
The poems in Appalachian Studies aren’t difficult. They are plain-spoken statements from a plain-spoken witty woman who is by nature a storyteller.
Shelby is also clear-eyed, and though her poems, like her stories, tend to the folksy, there is nothing of the sentimental about them.
Appalachian Studies is a volume of poetry you can devour at a sitting.
And I did.
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