Ron Rash

'Burning Bright' by Ron Rash: the Luminescence of Endurance

Nina Sankovitch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Meth Addiction, The Depression, Burning Bright, Confederacy, Job Loss, ONe Foot in Eden, Ron Rash, Poetry, Appalachia. Civil War, Books News
Nina Sankovitch

The stories in Burning Bright are beautiful. Each story is luminescent, deeply communicative of Appalachia and perfectly framed with sentences both lyrical and grounded.

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Serena: This Fall's Most Dangerous Novel

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wall Street Crash, Appalachia, Environmental Movement, Wall Street Crisis, Great American Novel, Novels, American Literature, Logging, Green Living, Thomas Wolfe, Ron Rash, Sarah Palin, North Carolina, Timber, Fiction, Toni Morrison, Dorothy Allison, Media News
Jeff Biggers

As unforgettable as a haunting mountain ballad, Serena unfolds like a brilliantly conceived cautionary tale and mediation on the dark corners of unbridled lust to profit at any cost.

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