Bratwurst Haven
In the dozen linked short stories of Rachel King’s gritty collection "Bratwurst Haven", lovable, flawed characters navigate aging, parenthood, and relationships. Set in... Read More
Books We've Reviewed from West Virginia University Press
Slow Fuse of the Possible
Poet Kate Daniels’s memoir "Slow Fuse of the Possible" is about a three-year stint in psychoanalysis, where attention to language and the fall into the unconscious are likened... Read More
Perfect Dirt
Keegan Lester’s lyrical memoir "Perfect Dirt" concerns what and where “home” really is. The narrative, composed of poetic vignettes, zips between Lester’s childhood in... Read More
Ghosts of New York
In Jim Lewis’s wondrous novel "Ghosts of New York", encounters among strangers result in unexpected relationships, and a montage that celebrates a city of manifold graces.... Read More
The Road to Blair Mountain
When history professor Charles B. Keeney committed to help preserve an important West Virginia landmark, the decision had implications for his job and his privacy; he knew the... Read More
This Way Back
Joanna Eleftheriou’s nuanced essays ask if one can ever truly go home again. Eleftheriou’s entries illuminate life at crossroads, handling Queens, New York, versus Cyprus;... Read More
Like Light, Like Music
It’s 1999; Emme McLean is twenty-eight. Ten years ago, she left rural Kentucky for college, and then a job in journalism in Washington, DC. Now, she’s headed back to her... Read More
St. Christopher on Pluto
The winkingly endearing stories of Nancy McKinley’s "St. Christopher on Pluto" function like a scrapbook, capturing life in a small Pennsylvania town through connected... Read More
American Grief in Four Stages
In fifteen stories that mine different forms of torment, Sadie Hoagland gathers lost innocence, altered lives, and harsh memories—sometimes with elegiac, bald realism, and... Read More
LGBTQ Fiction and Poetry from Appalachia
Edited by Jeff Mann and Julia Watts, "LGBTQ Fiction and Poetry from Appalachia" is an immersive exploration of queer life within the confines of a conservative American... Read More