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Her Words
Diverse Voices in Contemporary Appalachian Women s Poetry
Edited by Felicia Mitchell
Over the last generation, Appalachia has produced a number of women poets who have refined and redefined the boundaries of the region s literature and identity. Her Words focuses on the work of twenty such poets, whose diverse voices have enriched Appalachian literature in particular and American poetry in general. Combining poems, interviews, critical essays, and comments by the poets themselves some acclaimed nationally and others best known regionally Her Words celebrates the work of...

Over the last generation, Appalachia has produced a number of women poets who have refined and redefined the boundaries of the region s literature and identity. Her Words focuses on the work of twenty such poets, whose diverse voices have enriched Appalachian literature in particular and American poetry in general. Combining poems, interviews, critical essays, and comments by the poets themselves some acclaimed nationally and others best known regionally Her Words celebrates the work of these writers and demonstrates their rightful place as part of the literary canon both within and beyond...

"Reading Felicia Mitchell's stunning collection, Waltzing with Horses, is like spending a few life-changing hours with one of those wise women we read about in fairy tales. She knows the names of each plant and flower, and teaches us that every living thing, from the tiniest sparrow to a herd of wild horses, is sacred. And holiest of all, she whispers, is not only our connection to the earth, but to our deepest selves, and to every person we have ever loved." -Terri Kirby Erickson, author of A Lake of Light and Clouds and In the Palms of Angels