Appalachian Poetry Publications

Finding Endurance, by Paula Stanley

Appalachian writer Paula Stanley approaches each poem in this collection
with the innocence and curiosity of a girl, yet leaves us with the sense
of wisdom and peace she has found as a woman.

Abiding Appalachia: Where Mountain and Atom Meet, by Marilou Awiakta

A pioneering classic in the fusion of Native American, Appalachian, and scientific thought, poet Awiakta fuses her Cherokee-Appalachian heritage with the experience of growing up on the atomic frontier in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Headwaters by Sidney Saylor Farr

A noted Appalachian writer and poet, an editor of Appalachian Heritage, writes about hollows and hills, rivers and mountains, spirituality and love in this collection of “reflections and wisdoms” by “one of Appalachia's treasures.”

Dancing at Big Vein, by Clyde Kessler, illustrated by Kendall Kessler

A collection of poems that explore the lives of people living in southwestern Virginia. The Big Vein Mine in western Montgomery County, closed in 1954, not because its coal was depleted, but because of high methane levels.
 

The Land Stacks Up, by Preston Newman, illustrated by Robert Turner, Jr.

Just as the layers of soil and rock stack up in the mountains of Appalachia, the many subjects and perspectives of Newman's poetry come together in this sample from a lifetime of writing.