Free Delivery Over $100
|
|
|||
|
||||
Overview""The flood came at night, forcefully and quickly, destroying so many lives in its wake. Unfortunately, I'm afraid it will happen again and again."" — Carter Sickels In late July 2022, a catastrophic flash flood claimed the lives of more than forty people and devastated homes and communities in Central Appalachia. The forty-fifth annual Appalachian Writers' Workshop at Hindman Settlement School in eastern Kentucky was in progress when surging floodwater forced the participants and staff to rush to higher ground. The school lost classrooms, housing, and gathering areas, as well as valuable equipment, and irreplaceable artifacts such as historical books and documents, photographs, and handmade musical instruments from the school archives were damaged. As the floodwaters receded throughout the region, countless lives were forever changed. In this visceral and powerful anthology, well-known and emerging Appalachian writers create an authentic space for processing and healing as they document and share the depth of the flood's devastation. Through words and images, Troublesome Rising reveals the writers' fears, desperation, sadness, and anger while detailing and examining the disaster's causes, the need for solutions, and how flooding has historically impacted the Appalachian community and culture. In a shared, varied, and resounding voice, this compelling collection not only serves as a historical document and an in-depth investigation of the event, but also as a celebration of Appalachian strength, determination, and resilience. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Melissa HeltonPublisher: The University Press of Kentucky Imprint: The University Press of Kentucky ISBN: 9781950564439ISBN 10: 1950564436 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 02 September 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsIntroduction Prologue The Map Keeps Changing Water's Dark Body These Sunken, Unpeopled Streets There's Nothing Untouched Frontmatter Hanktum After This, the Deluge they freaks of nature Blue Hole Invisible, Essential It's Raining This Week Flood Walking Forty Years and a Flood Fight from Away The Shape Water Takes from Making it Home Planting Trees in God's Country Collective Healing This Too is Creation Rise and Fall Coal+iron+natural gas How to Sleep Troublesome Rising From the Tennessee Side of the Mountains Fire and Rain Before Flood Watching Instructions Belonging Strangers — Wall of Water One of the Sounds of Water From Furman Turtletalk What Water Can't Erase Knowing Stag Aerial View of Catastrophic Flooding in Eastern Kentucky Aquarius Chain of Custody With What Remains Backwash Floods Make Fertile Ground The Gift Horse elegy for an eastern kentucky grocery Dark Waters Headlines and History The Flooded Town Absence and Elements, a Prayer No Friends of Coal Brothers 12 & 14 Elvis Where Was the Music River Rising Five-Hundred-Year Rains Learning from Home Ain't No Grave Reliquiae Diluviana The Only Prayer Don't Tell Me Surge The Morning After Around the Table Mr. Still's Hat What We Saved Aching for Troublesome Bluegrass Navy Mud Pulled from the Flood From the Road Salvage To Ask It Is Still Here, the Magic After After the Flood, After the Tornado, and Before the Next Epilogue Appendix Contributors Notes and Permissions A Final NoteReviewsAuthor InformationMelissa Helton, literary arts director at Hindman Settlement School, has belonged to the Hindman writing community since 2015. Her work has been published in Shenandoah, Still: The Journal, Anthology of Appalachian Writers, Appalachian Review, the Norwegian Writers' Climate Campaign, and more. Her chapbooks include Inertia: A Study and Hewn. She was previously a tenured associate professor of English at Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
||||
