DOCSLIB.ORG

By Silas House

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
By Silas House Morehead State University’s The Little Company Presents This is My Heart for You by Silas House Study Guide Authors Dramaturgy Research Andrea Cox, Rebecca Earehart, Caleb Lunsford, Dylan Stacy, Cassidy Stearman Format and Design Rebecca Earehart- Graphic Designer Curriculum Research and Lesson Plan Alyssa Francis, Dylan Stacy The Little Company Staff Octavia Biggs - The Little Company Director Corinne Campagna - The Little Company Tour Coordinator The Little Company Morehead State University 106 Baird Music Hall Morehead KY 40351 606-783-2545 www.moreheadstate.edu/thelittlecompany www.facebook.com/The-Little-Company 2 Table of Contents This is My Heart for You........................................................4 About the Author...................................................................5 Note from the Playwright......................................................7 Director’s Note.....................................................................12 Designer Notes.....................................................................15 History of Kudzu..................................................................18 Religion in Kentucky............................................................19 Kentucky Authors.................................................................20 Social Media and Bullying....................................................21 Appalachia............................................................................22 L.G.B.T. History....................................................................23 Religion and L.G.B.T.............................................................24 Science Lesson Plan.............................................................26 English Lesson Plan.............................................................34 Drama Lesson Plan..............................................................41 Visual Arts Lesson Plan.......................................................58 Math Lesson Plan.................................................................53 Gardening Lesson Plan.........................................................61 Dance Lesson Plan...............................................................66 Music Lesson Plan................................................................69 Bibliography.........................................................................74 Glossary................................................................................75 Student Resources................................................................81 3 This is My Heart for You This is My Heart for You is a story about love, acceptance and finding your own place in the world. Set against the kudzu covered backdrop of Appalachia the characters and their stories are familiar ones. This particular story is about one summer that will change the town of Troublesome, KY forever. After two boys are kicked out of the local swimming pool for “perceived gay behavior,” a media circus ensues and the town is ripped in two, as everyone picks a side. Jesse finds himself in the middle of the commotion, can he discover his true self, while finding where he truly belongs? “Acceptance and love are the same thing, you can’t have one without the other.” -Silas House This is My Heart For You 4 About the Author Silas House Silas Dwane House was born on August 7th, 1971, in Laurel County Kentucky. Silas House is married to writer and editor Jason Howard, whom he now has two children. House’s fiction is known for its attention to the natural world, working class characters, and the plight of the rural place and rural people. With a job as a mail carrier, House quickly moved on to writing novels in the genre of Southern literature. House is now a novelist, journalist, environmental activist, and columnist. House attended Spalding University in Louisville Kentucky, for a Masters of Fine Arts. In 2000 he was chosen as one of the ten emerging talents in the south by the Millennial Gathering. House then published his first novel,Clay’s Quilt, in 2001, after which he appeared in the New York Times briefly on the Best Sellers list. House soon became a word of mouth success. Clay’s Quilt continued on, winning the award for Special Achievement from the Fellowship of Southern Writers, the Chaffin Award for Literature, and the Kentucky Novel of the Year Award. House’s sixth novel Southernmost was published in 2018 and was long-listed for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and won the Judy Gaines Young Book Award in 2019. He is also a finalist for theWillie Morris Book Award and the winner of the 2019 Weatherford Award for Fiction. In 2009 he published his series Something’s Rising, addressing mountaintop removal, after becoming a visible face in the fight against it. Many of his novels and plays set in the Appalachian region mention mountain top removal, even if it is not the main theme. He was a speaker in 2011 at Appalachia Rising, a major protest that took place in Washington D.C. that resulted in more than 115 arrests. He isn’t just an activist for mountain top removal though, as he participated in the 2017 Women’s March in Lexington, Kentucky. House wrote an editorial for the New York Times about the fight for gay equality in small towns, 5 About Silas House Cont. which led to the invitation to speak at the Library of Congress in August, 2015. As a playwright, he wrote The Hurting Part, produced by the University of Kentucky. His second play, written in 2009, titled Long Time Traveling, was produced by the Actors Guild of Lexington, Kentucky. Finally, at Berea College, the Berea College Laboratory Theatre presented his controversial play This is My Heart for You, focusing on a small town divided by a gay rights discrimination case and hate crimes. Overall Silas House is an active writer, from novels to plays to columns in the New York Times. He is active in his local community, and fights for what he believes is right. He uses his medium to work towards addressing controversial subjects, and isn’t afraid to put his face to his cause. From activism, to journalism, his fight for what’s right never stops. 6 Note from the Playwright In the summer of 2011, just as I was sitting down to write a play about the complexities of coal mining in the region, Appalachia suddenly presented itself as a place teeming with inequality, and even hatred. In Harlan County, Kentucky, Kevin Pennington, 28, was almost beaten to death by two men and two women who screamed “Kill that faggot!” while beating him. He managed to escape while the four were huddled, planning how to dispose of his body. This went onto become the first federally prosecuted hate crime in the United States under a new hate crime bill introduced by President Obama in 2009. All four of the assailants were acquitted. In the same county two months later a couple was attacked by a mob of about fifty people who shot fireworks at them and beat them while calling them derogatory terms based on their orientation, in front of one of the women’s children, in a church parking lot. During the trial, the defendant’s attorney asked the couple if they quote “promoted a lesbian lifestyle” and asked why one of the women still had custody of her children quote “even though” she was a lesbian. A couple of days later, in Berea, Kentucky, a town known not only for its history of educating Appalachian youth but also for being the first integrated school in the South and having a history of involvement in the fight for equal rights, the vehicles of an interracial couple living in the town were vandalized with racial slurs. In response, the town unified with town meetings and a show of support for the couple. 7 Note from the Playwright Cont. The whole long summer saw the town of Berea discussing whether or not it should pass a Fairness Ordinance. Opponents to the ordinance—most of whom identified with particular religious groups— decried the move as a plea for special rights, even though religious groups have a special clause on the Kentucky law books that protect them from similar treatment. Some of those opposed to the ordinance held signs written on notebook paper that read “Against Fairness”. People are often shocked when I tell them that we have now been fighting for a fairness ordinance in Berea for more than two years even though Berea is thought of as a progressive place. Meanwhile, the people keep working for change. A church in Pike County, Kentucky voted to ban an interracial couple from singing in its pulpit. The church’s board of directors later solidified their decision by voting on a new bylaw that stated interracial couples would not be able to participate in any ceremonies there except funerals and would not be welcomed as new members of the congregation. This led to outcry from local community members and became a widely shared story on social media. And throughout the entire year a West Virginia lawsuit continued between Massey Energy and a gay coal miner named Sam Hall who was horribly harassed at his workplace with the full knowledge of his superiors. His coworkers accused him of being a child molester because of his orientation, shook their penises at him, spray-painted “Quit Fag” on his car, and removed the wheel weights from his tires. Supervisors laughed at the abuse. Perhaps most famously that summer, a man kicked two young men out of the Hazard, Kentucky swimming pool, for “acting gay.” This led to protests and international media attention. In this particular case the two men who were ejected were mentally
Load more

Recommended publications
  • The Emergence of the Mahajanapadas
    The Emergence of the Mahajanapadas Sanjay Sharma Introduction In the post-Vedic period, the centre of activity shifted from the upper Ganga valley or madhyadesha to middle and lower Ganga valleys known in the contemporary Buddhist texts as majjhimadesha. Painted grey ware pottery gave way to a richer and shinier northern black polished ware which signified new trends in commercial activities and rising levels of prosperity. Imprtant features of the period between c. 600 and 321 BC include, inter-alia, rise of ‘heterodox belief systems’ resulting in an intellectual revolution, expansion of trade and commerce leading to the emergence of urban life mainly in the region of Ganga valley and evolution of vast territorial states called the mahajanapadas from the smaller ones of the later Vedic period which, as we have seen, were known as the janapadas. Increased surplus production resulted in the expansion of trading activities on one hand and an increase in the amount of taxes for the ruler on the other. The latter helped in the evolution of large territorial states and increased commercial activity facilitated the growth of cities and towns along with the evolution of money economy. The ruling and the priestly elites cornered most of the agricultural surplus produced by the vaishyas and the shudras (as labourers). The varna system became more consolidated and perpetual. It was in this background that the two great belief systems, Jainism and Buddhism, emerged. They posed serious challenge to the Brahmanical socio-religious philosophy. These belief systems had a primary aim to liberate the lower classes from the fetters of orthodox Brahmanism.
    [Show full text]
  • The Consequences of Appalachian Representation in Pop Culture
    University of Kentucky UKnowledge Theses and Dissertations--English English 2017 STRANGERS WITH CAMERAS: THE CONSEQUENCES OF APPALACHIAN REPRESENTATION IN POP CULTURE Chelsea L. Brislin University of Kentucky, [email protected] Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.13023/ETD.2017.252 Right click to open a feedback form in a new tab to let us know how this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Brislin, Chelsea L., "STRANGERS WITH CAMERAS: THE CONSEQUENCES OF APPALACHIAN REPRESENTATION IN POP CULTURE" (2017). Theses and Dissertations--English. 59. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/english_etds/59 This Doctoral Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the English at UKnowledge. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations--English by an authorized administrator of UKnowledge. For more information, please contact [email protected]. STUDENT AGREEMENT: I represent that my thesis or dissertation and abstract are my original work. Proper attribution has been given to all outside sources. I understand that I am solely responsible for obtaining any needed copyright permissions. I have obtained needed written permission statement(s) from the owner(s) of each third-party copyrighted matter to be included in my work, allowing electronic distribution (if such use is not permitted by the fair use doctrine) which will be submitted to UKnowledge as Additional File. I hereby grant to The University of Kentucky and its agents the irrevocable, non-exclusive, and royalty-free license to archive and make accessible my work in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I agree that the document mentioned above may be made available immediately for worldwide access unless an embargo applies.
    [Show full text]
  • Component-I (A) – Personal Details
    Component-I (A) – Personal details: Component-I (B) – Description of module: Subject Name Indian Culture Paper Name Outlines of Indian History Module Name/Title Mahajanapadas- Rise of Magadha – Nandas – Invasion of Alexander Module Id I C/ OIH/ 08 Pre requisites Early History of India Objectives To study the Political institutions of Ancient India from earliest to 3rd Century BCE. Mahajanapadas , Rise of Magadha under the Haryanka, Sisunaga Dynasties, Nanda Dynasty, Persian Invasions, Alexander’s Invasion of India and its Effects Keywords Janapadas, Magadha, Haryanka, Sisunaga, Nanda, Alexander E-text (Quadrant-I) 1. Sources Political and cultural history of the period from C 600 to 300 BCE is known for the first time by a possibility of comparing evidence from different kinds of literary sources. Buddhist and Jaina texts form an authentic source of the political history of ancient India. The first four books of Sutta pitaka -- the Digha, Majjhima, Samyutta and Anguttara nikayas -- and the entire Vinaya pitaka were composed between the 5th and 3rd centuries BCE. The Sutta nipata also belongs to this period. The Jaina texts Bhagavati sutra and Parisisthaparvan represent the tradition that can be used as historical source material for this period. The Puranas also provide useful information on dynastic history. A comparison of Buddhist, Puranic and Jaina texts on the details of dynastic history reveals more disagreement. This may be due to the fact that they were compiled at different times. Apart from indigenous literary sources, there are number of Greek and Latin narratives of Alexander’s military achievements. They describe the political situation prevailing in northwest on the eve of Alexander’s invasion.
    [Show full text]
  • Seeking a Hindu Perspective on Dispute Resolution from the Holy Scriptures of the Mahabharata and the Bhagavad Gita
    Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal Volume 7 Issue 2 Article 7 2-1-2007 ADR Dharma: Seeking a Hindu Perspective on Dispute Resolution from the Holy Scriptures of the Mahabharata and the Bhagavad Gita Aalok Sikand Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/drlj Part of the Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Commons, Law and Society Commons, Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Commons, Other Law Commons, and the Religion Law Commons Recommended Citation Aalok Sikand, ADR Dharma: Seeking a Hindu Perspective on Dispute Resolution from the Holy Scriptures of the Mahabharata and the Bhagavad Gita , 7 Pepp. Disp. Resol. L.J. Iss. 2 (2007) Available at: https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/drlj/vol7/iss2/7 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Caruso School of Law at Pepperdine Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal by an authorized editor of Pepperdine Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]. Sikand: ADR Dharma: Seeking a Hindu Perspective on Dispute Resolution fro [Vol. 7: 2, 2007] PEPPERDINE DISPUTE RESOLUTION LAW JOURNAL ADR Dharma: Seeking a Hindu Perspective on Dispute Resolution from the Holy Scriptures of the Mahabharata and the Bhagavad Gita Aalok Sikand INTRODUCTION On the plains of Hastinapura, India, the great warrior, Arjuna, stands in his chariot awaiting battle. He is blessed to have Lord Krishna, the incarna- tion of God, to be his charioteer. Arjuna asks Krishna to drive him to the center of the battlefield.
    [Show full text]
  • HISTORY ANCIENT INDIA Thought of the Day
    Todays Topic HISTORY ANCIENT INDIA Thought of the Day Everything is Fair in Love & War Todays Topic 16 Mahajanpadas Part – 2 16 MAHAJANPADAS Mahajanapadas with some Vital Informations – 1) Kashi - Capital - Varanasi Location - Varanasi dist of Uttar Pradesh Information - It was one of the most powerful Mahajanapadas. Famous for Cotton Textiles and market for horses. 16 MAHAJANPADAS 2) Koshala / Ayodhya - Capital – Shravasti Location - Faizabad, Gonda region or Eastern UP Information - Most popular king was Prasenjit. He was contemporary and friend of Buddha . 16 MAHAJANPADAS 3) Anga - Capital – Champa / Champanagari Location - Munger and Bhagalpur Dist of Bihar Information - It was a great centre of trade and commerce . In middle of 6th century BC, Anga was annexed by Magadha under Bimbisara. 16 MAHAJANPADAS 4) Vajji ( North Bihar ) - Capital – Vaishali Location – Vaishali dist. of Bihar Information - Vajjis represented a confederacy of eight clans of whom Videhas were the most well known. আটট বংেশর একট সংেঘর িতিনিধ কেরিছেলন, যােদর মেধ িভডাহস সবািধক পিরিচত। • Videhas had their capital at Mithila. 16 MAHAJANPADAS 5) Malla ( Gorakhpur Region ) - Capital – Pavapuri in Kushinagar Location – South of Vaishali dist in UP Information - Buddha died in the vicinity of Kushinagar. Magadha annexed it after Buddha's death. 16 MAHAJANPADAS 6) Chedi - Capital – Suktimati Location – Eastern part of Bundelkhand Information - Chedi territory Corresponds to the Eastern parts of modern Bundelkhand . A branch of Chedis founded a royal dynasty in the kingdom of Kalinga . 16 MAHAJANPADAS 16 MAHAJANPADAS 7) Vatsa - Capital – Kausambi Location – Dist of Allahabad, Mirzapur of Uttar Pradesh Information - Situated around the region of Allahabad.
    [Show full text]
  • Second Urbanization (16 Mahajanapadas)
    SECOND URBANIZATION (16 MAHAJANAPADAS) Second Urbanization (16 Mahajanapadas) • During 6th Century BC, due to ample use of iron surplus production of agriculture increased to a great extent. As a result of this change janapadas converted into Mahajanapadas. • In Buddhist text AnguttaraNikaya and Jaina text Bhagawatisutra we find description of 16 Mahajanapadas. • These were: Mahajanapada Capital Present Location Facts Anga Champa Northern Bihar Bimbisara conquered it and included in Magadha empire. Magadha Girivrija / Patna, Gaya Distt. Most powerful in all Rajagriha theMahajanapadas Vajji Vaishali Basadh (N. Bihar) It was a confederation of 8 ganas among which Lichchhavis were more prominent. Kashi Varanasi U.P. Koshala Shrawasti U.P. Imp. Ruler was Prasenjit who North Koshala wascontemporary to Buddha. South Koshala Ayodhya U.P. Malla Kushinara / Devariya Distt. U.P. At Kushinara Mahatma Buddha Pawa attained Mahaparinirvana. Vatsa Kaushambi Allahabad U.P. Imp ruler was Udayan. It was an imp commercial city Kuru Indraprastha Meerut / Delhi Earlier it was a monarchy later on, it became a republic. Panchala Ahichhatra Bareilly, Badayun, Draupadi belonged to Panchala. North Panchala Farrukhabad South Panchala Kampilya Avanti Ujjain Malwa Region M.P. The ruler Chandapradyot was North Avanti contemporary to Buddha. South Avanti Mahishmati Surasena Mathura Modern Brij Region U.P. Lord Krishna was the king of Mathura. Chedi Sothiwati Modern Bundelkhand Shishupala was the ruler of Chedi. Matsya Viratnagar Alwar, Jaipur Ashmaka Potil Andhra Pradesh Situated on the river bank of Godawari. Only one Mahajanapada situated in South India. Gandhara Taxila Peshawar and Rawalpindi Centre of education. Distt. Pakistan Kamboja Rajpur/Hatak Rajori and Hajara Distt.
    [Show full text]
  • The Panchala Maha Utsav a Tribute to the Rich Cultural Heritage of Auspicious Panchala Desha and It’S Brave Princess Draupadi
    Commemorting 10years with The Panchala Maha Utsav A Tribute to the rich Cultural Heritage of auspicious Panchala Desha and It’s brave Princess Draupadi. The First of its kind Historic Celebration We Enter The Past, To Create Opportunities For The Future A Report of Proceedings Of programs from 15th -19th Dec 2013 At Dilli Haat and India International Center 2 1 Objective Panchala region is a rich repository of tangible & intangible heritage & culture and has a legacy of rich history and literature, Kampilya being a great centre for Vedic leanings. Tangible heritage is being preserved by Archaeological Survey of India (Kampilya , Ahichchetra, Sankia etc being Nationally Protected Sites). However, negligible or very little attention has been given to the intangible arts & traditions related to the Panchala history. Intangible heritage is a part of the living traditions and form a very important component of our collective cultures and traditions, as well as History. As Draupadi Trust completed 10 years on 15th Dec 2013, we celebrated our progressive woman Draupadi, and the A Master Piece titled Parvati excavated at Panchala Desha (Ahichhetra Region) during the 1940 excavation and now a prestigious display at National Museum, Rich Cultural Heritage of her historic New Delhi. Panchala Desha. We organised the “Panchaala Maha Utsav” with special Unique Features: (a) Half Moon indicating ‘Chandravanshi’ focus on the Vedic city i.e. Draupadi’s lineage from King Drupad, (b) Third Eye of Shiva, (c) Exquisite Kampilya. The main highlights of this Hairstyle (showing Draupadi’s love for her hair). MahaUtsav was the showcasing of the Culture, Crafts and other Tangible and Intangible Heritage of this rich land, which is on the banks of Ganga, this reverend land of Draupadi’s birth, land of Sage Kapil Muni, of Ayurvedic Gospel Charac Saminhita, of Buddha & Jain Tirthankaras, the land visited by Hiuen Tsang & Alexander Cunningham, and much more.
    [Show full text]
  • The Mauryas and Dakshina Koshala: a Note on Both Their Relations and Influence
    [VOLUME 4 I ISSUE 3 I JULY – SEPT. 2017] e ISSN 2348 –1269, Print ISSN 2349-5138 http://ijrar.com/ Cosmos Impact Factor 4.236 The Mauryas and Dakshina Koshala: A Note on both their Relations and Influence Sakshi Sharma Ph.D Scholar (I.C.H.R. – J.R.F.) Department of History, University of Jammu, Jammu-180006, J. & K. Received June 21, 2017 Accepted July 24, 2017 ABSTRACT History, regional more than national, reflects men’s aspiration and achievement in particular locality. With the Kalingan war ancient Odisha emerges to the full view of history but this seems to have been, at best, true for coastal area and not for the western part which forms the territory of South Koshala. Though the area of Dakshina Koshala remains unconquered under the Mauryas but still there exists interaction between the two and the article throws light on this aspect. Being a forest cover area and rich in resources like qualitative diamonds, forest products, elephants, mercenary troopers it was hard for Mauryan empire to ignore the area. The work also made plea that though this area for a long time remain behind the scene but it is wrong to assume that this was a backward area, because from the very beginning of human history it plays role in civilizational activities. Key words: Forest, Janapada, Tribes. INTRODUCTION: they get settled down. In his book Janapada States Both man and society are directly proportional to in Ancient India, Sudama Misra puts forward that each other. For the proper running of society, the the phase of Janapadas was essentially a link most important physical institution created by between the tribal and imperial polities.iv man was ‘State’.
    [Show full text]
  • The Paris-Bourbon Library Newsletter OCTOBER 2014
    The Paris-Bourbon Library Newsletter OCTOBER 2014 Southern Appalachian region of Kentucky, Library to Introduce Critically including Clay’s Quilt, A Parchment of Acclaimed Author Silas House to Local Leaves, and The Coal Tattoo. Eli the Good is his first young adult novel. House began Schools his career as a rural letter carrier in Eastern Kentucky and has remained an By: Teen The funds for Silas House’s visit avid and outspoken supporter of the Librarian, and the distribution of his novel are Appalachian region and its culture. He Beth Dunston provided for by a donation from the co-founded and co-edits a free online l AT&T Corporation awarded to the library iterary newsletter called Still, named after New York Times last year. The donated funds are being Appalachian writer James Still, which can bestselling Kentucky author Silas House used to encourage literacy and an inter- be found at will be visiting area schools on Wednesday, est in family history in our community’s www.stilljournal.net. Additionally, House October 22, to discuss his young adult students. Students will be asked to write has been heavily involved in the leadership novel Eli the Good. Earlier this year, the a story from their family’s history, which of the Appalachian Writers Association Paris-Bourbon County Library distributed will be shared on PBCL’s Bourbon County and is a devoted supporter of the over 1,000 copies of Eli the Good Digital Library, located at http:// Hindman Settlement School in Eastern to area students to read before diglib.bourbonlibrary.org.
    [Show full text]
  • Clay's Quilt" Bill Jolliff George Fox University, [email protected]
    Digital Commons @ George Fox University Faculty Publications - Department of English Department of English Spring 2001 Review of House's "Clay's Quilt" Bill Jolliff George Fox University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/eng_fac Recommended Citation Previously published in Appalachian Heritage, 2001, 29(2), p. 66-68 This Book Review is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of English at Digital Commons @ George Fox University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty Publications - Department of English by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ George Fox University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. House, Silas. Clay's Quilt. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin, 2001. 304 pages Hardcover, $22.95. Author Silas House has chosen an appropriate metaphor to title hi1 first novel: Clay's Quilt is the story of a young man trying to stitd together his personal history in a way that makes sense. Coming of agE in the rural, mining culture of Eastern Kentucky, protagonist ClaJ Sizemore's life has more tough angles and strange strips of cloth thar most of us can imagine. Clay's mother Anneth was "the wildest woman in Crowe County Kentucky" (17), and his father was a soldier she met two days beforE he shipped off to die in Vietnam. Glenn, Clay's stepfather, died ar equally untimely death by drowning-but only after murdering Anneth and the friends who were helping her leave him. Clay's only memory of this incident was a dream "of blood on the snow, blood sc thick that it ran slow like syrup and lay in stripes across the whiteness, as if someone has dashed out a bucket of paint" (7).
    [Show full text]
  • 2011 Final Conference Program (Pdf)
    Thirty-Fourth Annual Appalachian Studies Conference Friday, March 11 – Sunday, March 13, 2011 Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, Kentucky River of Earth: Action, Scholarship, Reflection, and Renewal CONFERENCE PROGRAM 2011 ASA Conference Sponsors WELCOME! Eastern Kentucky University: Welcome to Madison County, Kentucky, home of Eastern • Center for Appalachian Studies Kentucky University and Berea College. We hope you enjoy • EKU Libraries the conference, campus and community. • Department of History • Educational Leadership & Policies Studies We would also like to convey a special thanks to Carrie Marshall University Cooper and the faculty/staff of EKU’s library for hosting our annual event. Appalachian Regional Commission Kentucky RIVERKEEPER® Susan Spalding & Deborah Givens, Kentucky Arts Council ASA Local Arrangements Co-Chairs Sinclair Community College Rob Weise & Anne Blakeney, ASA Program Co-Chairs Loyal Jones Appalachian Center Berea College Mary Kay Thomas, Executive Director, ASA Pat Banks, Executive Director, Kentucky RIVERKEEPER Higher Ground Alan Banks, ASA President, 2010-2011 East Tennessee State University Marshall University Graduate Humanities Program Regional Research Institute, West Virginia University University of Tennessee Press ASA MISSION STATEMENT University Press of Kentucky The mission of the Appalachian Studies Association is to promote and engage dialogue, research, scholarship, education, creative expression, and action among scholars, educators, practitioners, grassroots activists, students, individuals,
    [Show full text]
  • No Moss on Us This Summer
    Tradition. Diversity. Change. No moss on us this summer ate-summer greetings, everyone. We welcomed our next NEH . L No moss has grown on us these Chair in Appalachian Studies, past few months, as a flurry of acclaimed author Silas House. Silas is changes have kept all of us busy. teaching Appalachian literature and a Entrepreneurship for the Public Good creative writing course to Berea (EPG) students have had a busy students and next semester will be .­ summer learning and working in teaching Contemporary Issues in Eastern Kentucky. An even more Appalachia. We all are delighted to colorful Appalachian Heritage continues have such a gifted and inspiring writer to be the venue fo r regional creative and GROW APPALACHIA and activist at Berea. nonfiction writing (the latest issue We've thanked Dr. William fearures the work of George Ella Lyon). themselves. Oh, the gardens it has Turner for his three years of teaching, Brushy Fork has just finished its sixth fostered! The produce continues to writing, and mentoring from the Annual Institute, welcoming to campus come in. You can learn more about all NEH Chair, but thankfully we've not a large group of committed leaders of these programs at had to say goodbye. Bill has been from around Central Appalachia. Chris www.berea.edu/ac. appointed Distinguished Professor of Miller has been working with summer We said goodbye to Genevieve Appalachian Studies and Regional students to plan and install new Reynolds, who retired after more than Ambassador. In addition to teaching, interactive exhibits in the Gallery. And four decades of service, and we Bill will work with the Willis D.
    [Show full text]