Ron Rash

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Ron Rash

Ron Rash, an American poet, short story writer and novelist, is the Parris Distinguished Professor in Appalachian Cultural Studies at Western Carolina University. [1]

Contents

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Poetry

  • Eureka Mill (1998)[2][3]
    • interweaves his family's personal migration from Buncombe County, NC farms with the broader portrait of mill life outside Chester, S.C.
  • Among the Believers (2000)[4]
  • Raising the Dead (2002)[5]

[edit] Short story collections

  • The Night The New Jesus Fell to Earth and Other Stories from Cliffside, North Carolina (1994)[6]
  • Casualties (2000)[7]

[edit] Novels

[edit] Children's book

  • The Shark’s Tooth (2001)

[edit] Honors

  • Short Story Speckled Trout included in 2005 O. Henry Prize Stories.[13] This story formed the basis for the first chapter of The World Made Straight.[14]
  • In 2006, Participants in Western North Carolina will be reading Saints at the River as part of the region's program, "Together We Read."[15]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Western Carolina University (September 11, 2003). "Critically Acclaimed writer Ron Rash Named WCU's Parris Professor". Press release.
  2. ^ Rash, Ron (1998). Eureka Mill (in English). Columbia, SC: Bench Press. ISBN 0-930769-14-7. 
  3. ^ Rash, Ron (September 2001). Eureka Mill (Paperback) (in English), Spartanburg, SC: Hub City Writers Project, 64 pp.. ISBN 1-891885-20-0. 
  4. ^ Rash, Ron (2000). Among the Believers (Paperback) (in English), Oak Ridge, TN: Iris Press. ISBN 0-916078-50-7. 
  5. ^ Rash, Ron (2002). Raising the Dead (Paperback) (in English), Oak Ridge, TN: Iris Press. ISBN 0-916078-54-X. 
  6. ^ Rash, Ron (1994). The Night The New Jesus Fell to Earth and Other Stories from Cliffside, North Carolina (in English). Columbia, SC: Bench Press. ISBN 0-930769-11-2. 
  7. ^ Rash, Ron (2000). Casualties (in English). Beaufort, SC: Bench Press. ISBN 0-930769-14-7. 
  8. ^ Rash, Ron (2002). One Foot in Eden (Hardcover) (in English), Charlotte, NC: Novello Festival Press, 240 pp.. ISBN 0-9708972-5-1. 
  9. ^ Rash, Ron (2004). One Foot in Eden (Trade paperback) (in English), New York: Picador, 240 pp.. ISBN 0-312-42305-5. 
  10. ^ Rash, Ron (2004). Saints at the River (Hardcover), 1st Ed. (in English), New York: Henry Holt, 288 pp.. ISBN 0-8050-7487-2. 
  11. ^ Rash, Ron (2005). Saints at the River (Trade paperback) (in English), New York: Picador, 256 pp.. ISBN 0-312-42491-4. 
  12. ^ Rash, Ron (April 2006). The World Made Straight (Hardcover), 1st Ed. (in English), New York: Henry Holt, 304 pp.. ISBN 0-8050-7866-5. 
  13. ^ Past Winners List. The O. Henry Prize Stories. Retrieved on May 2, 2006.
  14. ^ Author Spotlight: Ron Rash. The O. Henry Prize Stories. Retrieved on May 2, 2006.
  15. ^ Rob Neufeld (2006). "The 'Year of Ron Rash' begins with book tour and Together We Read". Ashville Citizen Times (April 2, 2006). 
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