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Now & Then (Volume 18, Issue 01, 2001), Center Of Excellence For Appalachian Studies And Services, East Tennessee State University

Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine

Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine, Volume 18, Issue 01, published in 2001. The theme of this issue is Appalachian Rivers, Lakes, & Streams. This issue examines the central role of waterways in Appalachian environmental, economic, and cultural life, addressing both their vulnerability and vitality. Through articles on regional water shortages, aquaculture-based science education, and industrial heritage initiatives such as Southwest Pennsylvania's Rivers of Steel, it highlights tensions between development, resource management, and sustainability. Essays, fiction, poetry, and reviews further reflect on memory, labor, recreation, and loss connected to rivers and streams, presenting water as both a life-sustaining resource …

Now & Then (Volume 18, Issue 02, 2001), Center Of Excellence For Appalachian Studies And Services, East Tennessee State University

Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine

Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine, Volume 18, Issue 02, published in 2001. The theme of this issue is Always a Love Story: Fiction from the Appalachian Mountains. This issue centers on Appalachian fiction as an expression of love. Love of place, family, memory, and even the tensions that compel departure. Through interviews with contemporary writers, reflections on literary truth-telling in the anthracite region, and award-winning short fiction, it explores how authors resist stereotype while portraying complex attachments to the mountains. Essays, poetry, and reviews further emphasize the enduring emotional landscape of Appalachian storytelling, presenting regional literature as both …

Now & Then (Volume 18, Issue 03, 2001), Center Of Excellence For Appalachian Studies And Services, East Tennessee State University

Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine

Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine, Volume 18, Issue 03, published in 2001. The theme of this issue is Conserving and Developing Appalachia's Natural Resources. This issue examines the ongoing tension between economic development and environmental stewardship in Appalachia's resource-based industries. Through articles on native plant entrepreneurship, federal energy policy, mountaintop removal mining, post-industrial land recovery, and state park systems, it explores competing visions of prosperity, sustainability, and ecological responsibility. Essays, fiction, poetry, and reviews further reflect on personal and collective reckonings with land use, memory, and inheritance, presenting the region's natural landscape as both a source of livelihood …

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The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

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"Under The Umbrella Of Black Civilization": A Conversation With Reginald Mcknight, Bertram D. Ashe

English Faculty Publications

Talking to Reginald McKnight is like scanning an imaginary worldwide radio dial. At any given moment he can transform his pleasant speaking voice into a raspy, aged, Middle Eastern-by-way-of-New York accent - or a deep Southern drawl. In an instant he can switch from a precise West African dialect to hip, urban street lingo, and then effortlessly segue back to his normal voice. McKnight says he "hit the ground running" as a mimic, and his talent was broadened as he lived all over the United States as the son of an Air Force sergeant. His time spent on the road …

From The Corner Of My Eye While Sitting At Burger King, I Figured Out Life, Mike Bailey

The Angle

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"I watched as the white station wagon pulled into the Burger King parking lot and eased into the handicapped parking space. It was 1:04 p.m. and twenty-five seconds when the young man sitting shotgun opened the door. The woman driver was dressed in retro winter clothes, an old long blue coat, knitted blue hat and cheap denims and sneaks. She carefully removed a small metal walker from the trunk."

This Girl, Meg Barboza

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Fear, Nikisha S. Johnson

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"The Following [Poem] Is A Paid Advertisement…", Ann Stanley-Barry

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Gradual Retirement, Anthony Liccione

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Florida Jar, Mike Bailey

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"After seeing the commercial for Disney world, my brother Kevin and I were convinced it was Heaven on Earth and we knew we had to get there. We weren't sure where it was, but it didn't really matter. We planned to raise enough money to take our family to Disney World, but it was all going to be a surprise. We would plan it ourselves."

Tah-Tah-Dah, Gillian Scruton

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Orb, Melissa M. Slocum

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The Sister Stealer, Lisa Middendorf

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"I was the last and most anticipated family member to meet him. Of course, they had only known each other since the end of August. I remember the day that she came to do her laundry at the house, the first day I heard her mention him."

Winter, Monica Hopkins

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In Lieu Of…, Jennifer Enright

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Just Like…, Mindae Kadous

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Polydactylism, Jennie Raymond

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Cookies, A Community Liter Of Mountain Dew, A Cell Phone And A Book Of Cds That We Would Play One Out Of, Angelina Marino

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"We waited patiently for for the darkness to fall. For some reason, Deanna and I could never take our ritual car ride during the day. In fact, it was more like ten o'clock when we would leave the house. She would carry the book of CDs and the cookies. I would grab the community liter of Mountain Dew and the cell phone. We would get into the car and decide to follow the signs that we never follow, the ones that would take us any place but here. But …

Upon Losing Him, Kelly Barnes

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Cinnamon, Lisa Middendorf

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"He hadn't changed the clock in the two-seater since Daylight savings Time, months ago. God, I thought, Who doesn't change their clocks? I should have guessed he wouldn't. He is one of those people, too lazy to change them now, with the mindset that six months will come around quickly and no one will notice his broken clock. God, I hate that mentality: 'Someone else will do it.'"

Silence, Lindsay Shortino

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Seasons, Natalie B. Ferreri

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A Wish Come True, Janelle Owlett

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"March 21, 1998. This was the day my whole life changed. Years have passed since this day, but I still hold a vivid picture of my last moment as a normal man. It was a Wednesday, garbage night, and I had endured another awful day of routine. My morning dragged on as I sat through three boring classes. I was unfortunately enough to have to follow this morning with an eight-hour shift at the deli where I had been working for the last year. I had just wanted to …

Scarlet Shores, Scott Elliot

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My World, Sarah Nichols

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Corridor Sleep, Ann Stanley-Barry

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Night, Julie Neel

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Swing Of Life's Pendulum, Lisa Middendorf

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"'How many dead people do you know?' I only know of one. l first knew him as alive. l first knew him as my grandfather. I guess I still know him as my grandfather."

Hunger Is An Illusion, Ann Stanley-Barry

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