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Rural Noir
Also known as country noir, hick lit, redneck noir, redneck grit, or hillbilly noir.
It differs from southern gothic in that it does not contain supernatural, ironic or unusual events.
For more information, read Keith Rawson's article here. ...more
It differs from southern gothic in that it does not contain supernatural, ironic or unusual events.
For more information, read Keith Rawson's article here. ...more
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The island and its women loom large in the dreams of local folks, who sometimes wake up sweating from visions of witches in black (though the island women never wore black) or of crows watchful in treetops, or of swamp streams bubbling up through the floorboards of their houses. It is said the island, where healing waters percolate to the surface, was a place where women shared one another's dreams, a place where women did what they wanted.
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― The Waters
― The Waters
