Edwards, Grace Toney

Grace Toney Edwards directs the Appalachian Regional Studies Center at Radford University and is a Dalton Distinguished Professor of Appalachian Studies and English. Among her numerous published works are "Marilou Awiakta: Poet for the People," in Her Words: Diverse Voices in Contemporary Appalachian Women's Poetry, a critical essay about Corra Harris in the foreword to Harris's A Circuit Rider's Wife, and "Emma Bell Miles: Feminist Crusader in Appalachia" in Appalachia Inside Out.