Where Moral Authority Begins: Part IV: Jesmyn Ward’s Sing, Unburied, Sing
I first fell in love with Jesmyn Ward’s prose when I read her 2017 National Book Award winning novel, Sing, Unburied, Sing. I don’t know how many times I’ve read it over the years. Jojo struck my heart at the very beginning. I do love a vulnerable character, a young ... Read More
Where Moral Authority Begins: Part III: Cormac McCarthy’s Child of God
Rae Cline examines Cormac McCarthy’s Child of God, violence, masculinity, and moral authority in this essay from the Moral Authority series ... Read More
Appalachian Literary Fiction
Appalachian literary fiction draws me to it, the language and texture, the attention to place, gender, socioeconomics and the complicated relationships it forms—family, land, labor, religion and survival. Having grown up as a young girl in northern Appalachia, I return particularly to writers who resist flattening the region or its ... Read More