Appalachia: Stay or Go - Volume 20: Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel

by Pauletta Hansel (editor), Michael Henson (Editor), Sherry Cook Stanforth (Editor)

Poetry. "This issue's theme was recommended to us by a few of our Southern Appalachian Writers Cooperative writers watching their friends, neighbors and family members struggle with the decision to remain in Appalachia or to move on. Since then, some of those very same writers have left the region. Coincidentally, other contributors are in the process of moving back. As you will see between these covers, there are no easy answers, and the question itself becomes ever more complex with a changing economic and political climate. We hope you agree that it makes for some excellent reading, both thought-provoking and entertaining. Enjoy."—The Editors, Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel

202 pages, Paperback

Published October 10, 2017

About the author

Poet, Memoirist, Teacher and Editor Pauletta Hansel is the 2022 Writer-in-Residence for the Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library. She served as the first Poet Laureate of Cincinnati from April 2016 through March 2018.

Pauletta is author of nine poetry collections including Heartbreak Tree, released in March 2022 by Madville Publishing. Heartbreak Tree is a poetic exploration of the intersection of gender and place in Appalachia.