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Summer 2022, Vol. 50, No. 3
Featuring writing from Kathleen Driskell, Bill King, Michael Pittard, Kasia Merrill, Quincy Gray McMichael; a conversation with Neema Avashia; and a craft essay from Daniel Kennedy.

Spring 2022, Vol. 50, No. 2
Featuring special tributes to bell hooks from Gloria Steinem, Darnell L. Moore, Crystal Wilkinson, Wendell Berry, Silas House, Paul Gilroy, Linda Strong-Leek, and Qrescent Mali Mason; writing from Elaine Neil Orr, Caroline McTeer, Rita Mookerjee, Jeremy Halinen; an interview with Jocelyn Nicole Johnson. Cover image “bell at Apollo Pizza” by Wesley Browne. 

Winter 2022, Vol. 50, No. 1
Featuring writing from Gavin Colton, Jacquelyn Scott, Jeremy Paden, David S. Higdon, Rebecca Lilly, and more; an interview with Marianne Worthington. Cover image “Empty Bleachers” by Kool Shooters.

Fall 2021, Vol. 49, Issue 4
Featuring writing from Ron Houchin, William Kelley Woolfitt, Jeff Hardin, Dana Shavin, Kathleen Hellen, and more; an interview with Jayne Moore Waldrop; and a craft essay from Karen Salyer McElmurray. Cover image “Keeping Time” by Lucian Alexe.

Summer 2021, Vol. 49, Issue 3
Featuring writing from Reshmi Hebbar, Devon Capizzi, Alison Conide Jaenicke, Elizabeth Upshur, Dana Wildsmith, Noah Davis, and more; and a conversation with Robert Gipe. Cover image “Juniper Cut Moss” by Jeremy Paden.

Spring 2021, Vol. 49, Issue 2
Featuring writing from Elaine Neil Orr, Shawna Kay Rodenberg, Jake Maynard, Erin Miller Reid, Laura Marshall, Laura Neal, Natasha Pepperl, Adam Tavel, and more; and a conversation with Shawna Kay Rodenberg. Cover image “Garden Guardian” by Carey Gough. 

Winter 2021, Vol. 49, Issue 1
Featuring writing from Monica Brashears, Laura Demers, Martha Grace Duncan, Clay Matthews, Rosemary Royston, Michael Garrigan, and more; and a conversation with Leah Hampton by Annie Frazier. Cover image “Tinsel Graveyard” by Greta McDonough.

Fall 2020: Vol. 48, Issue 4
Featuring a special section devoted to featured author Wiley Cash, including a new short story and interview; fiction from Jayne Moore Waldrop, creative nonfiction from Denise Giardina and Marie Manilla, poetry from Marc Harshman, Barbara Costar-Biggs, Jayne Moore Waldrop and more. Cover image “House Show” by Mallory Cash. 

Summer 2020: Vol. 48, Issue 3
Featuring writing from Ansel Elkins, Kathleen Driskell, Angela Jackson-Brown, Mark Powell, Benjamin Cutler, Jason B. Crawford and more; a conversation with Ansel Elkins; and a craft essay from Jessie van Eerden. Cover image “Satsumas with Leaves” by Amanda Greene.

Spring 2020: Vol. 48, Issue 2
Featuring a special section of Pandemic and Protest poems by Frank X Walker, writing from Bethany Holmstrom, Vanessa Van Besien, Rebecca Hazelwood, Jenn Blair, L. Renée, and more; and a conversation with Carter Sickels by Robert Gipe. Cover image “Justice Undone—Untitled #14” by Raymond Thompson Jr.

Fall 2019/Winter 2020: Vol. 47, Issue 4/Vol. 48, Issue 1
Featuring a special section devoted to emerging novelists Wesley Browne, Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle, and Annie Frazier; fiction from Terrance Wedin and Jennifer Lee; creative nonfiction from Richard Hague; poetry from Leatha Kendrick, Tina Parker, Nicole Yurcaba, and others; an conversation with Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle by Silas House; a craft essay from Leatha Kendrick; and more.

Summer 2019: Vol. 47, Issue 3
Featuring writing from Jeff Hardin, Suzanne Supplee, Molly McClennen, Rita Sims Quillen, and more; a conversation with Margaret Renkl, and a craft essay from Robert Erle Barham.

Spring 2019: Vol. 47, Issue 2
Featuring writing from George Ella Lyon, Cathy Cruise, Catharina Coenen, Kathleen Brewin Lewis, Jeff Worley, and more; a conversation with Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman, and a craft essay from Marianne Worthington.

Winter 2019: Vol. 47, Issue 1
Featuring writing from Amy Wright, Marianne Worthington, Kathryn Milam, Melissa Ballard, Davis Enloe, and more; a conversation with Charles Dodd White, and a craft essay from Jennifer McGaha.

Fall 2018: Vol. 46, Issue 4
Featuring a special section devoted to Appalachian naturalist poets, including Marilou Awiakta, doris davenport, Marc Harshman, Maurice Manning, Irene McKinney, Ron Rash, Albert Stewart, James Still, Crystal Wilkinson, and more; writing from Crystal Wilkinson, Marianne Worthington, Monic Ductan, Marc Harshman, Ron Houchin, and others; and an interview with filmmaker Sally Rubin.

Summer 2018: Vol. 46, Issue 3
Featuring writing from Hal Crowther, Chris Holbrook, Savannah Sipple, Jeff Hardin, Susan O’Dell Underwood, and more; a conversation with bell hooks and Fenton Johnson, and a craft essay from Rebecca Elswick.

Spring 2018: Vol. 46, Issue 2
Featuring writing from Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, Rebecca Gayle Howell, Jane Hicks, Lisa J. Parker, Jon Sealy, and more; a conversation with Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon and Rebecca Gayle Howell, and a craft essay from Pauletta Hansel.

Winter 2018: Vol. 46, Issue 1
Featuring writing from Karen Salyer McElmurray, Lynnell Major Edwards, Jeff Worley, Chelyen Davis, and more; an interview with Jesse Donaldson and a craft essay from Dana Wildsmith.

Fall 2017: Vol. 45, Issue 4
Featuring new work from and a conversation with Maurice Manning, and writing from Jessie van Eerden, Deborah Reed Downing, Allison Thorpe, and more.

Summer 2017: Vol. 45, Issue 3
A special issue dedicated to the fortieth anniversary of the Appalachian Writers’ Workshop, featuring writing from the magazine’s archives by Harriette Simpson Arnow, Jim Wayne Miller, James Still, Ron Rash, Kathryn Stripling Byer, Crystal Wilkinson, Silas House, Pamela Duncan, Frank X Walker, Holly Goddard Jones, Fenton Johnson and many more.

Spring 2017 Cover

Spring 2017: Vol. 45, Issue 2
Featuring writing from William Kelley Woolfitt, Joseph Bathanti, Julia Campbell Johnson, Janet S. Holloway, Noel Smith, and more; an interview with Connie May Fowler and a craft essay from Scott Honeycutt

Winter 2017 Cover

Winter 2017: Vol. 45, Issue 1
Featuring writing from Michael Croley, George Ella Lyon, Courtney Balestier, Ryan Kauffman, Tasha Cotter, and more; an interview with Julie Hensley and a craft essay from C. Williams

Fall 2016 Cover

Fall 2016: Vol. 44, Issue 4
Featuring new work from and a conversation with Denise Giardina, and writing from Robert Gipe, Elaine Fowler Palencia, Ron Houchin, Darius Stewart, Katherine Smith, and more; and a craft essay from Charles Green

summer-2016

Summer 2016: Vol. 44, Issue 3
Featuring writing from Jesse Graves, Jane Hicks, Rita Quillen, Elizabeth Savage, Laura Leigh Morris, and more; an interview with Sonja Livingston and a craft essay from Amanda Jo Runyon

Spring 2016

Spring 2016: Vol. 44, Issue 2
Featuring writing from Mary Grimm, Susan Tekulve, Rebecca Gayle Howell, Erik Reece, Jeremy B. Jones, and more; an interview with Crystal Wilkinson and a craft essay from Stephanie Barton

Winter 2016 Cover

Winter 2016: Vol. 44, Issue 1
Featuring writing from Jeremy S. McQueen, Amelia Fowler, Kathleen Driskell, Richard Hague, Ryan Harper, and more; an interview with Kathleen Driskell and a craft essay from Maurice Manning

Fall 2015

Fall 2015: Vol. 43, Issue 4
Featuring new work from bell hooks and a conversation between hooks and actress-advocate Laverne Cox, and writing from Jessi Lewis, Leatha Kendrick, Beth Newberry, Marcia L. Hurlow, Lucien Darjeun Meadows, and Pamela Murray Winters

Summer 2015: Vol. 43, Issue 3
Featuring writing from Darnell Arnoult, Karen Salyer McElmurray, Jessie van Eerden, Marianne Worthington, Dan Leach, Jackson Connor, and more; an interview with Jessie van Eerden and two special sections devoted to voice and poetry about music

Spring 2015: Vol. 43, Issue 2
Featuring writing from Wiley Cash, Holly Goddard Jones, Natalie Sypolt, Devin Kelly, Bill King, Dave Harrity, and more; an interview with Wiley Cash and a craft essay from Genevieve Thurtle

Winter 2015: Vol. 43, Issue 1
Featuring writing from Elaine Fowler Palencia, Richard Hague, William Kelley Woolfitt, Allison Thorpe, and more; an interview with David Joy and a craft essay from Katherine Scott Crawford

Fall 2014: Vol. 42, Issue 4
Featuring new work from and an interview with Barbara Kingsolver, and writing from Amy Clark, Angel Sands Gunn, Joseph Bathanti, Marc Harshman, Amy Wright, and more

Summer 2014: Vol. 42, Issue 3
Featuring writing from Sonja Livingston, James Braziel, Mark DeFoe, Pauletta Hansel, and more; an interview with Richard Hague and a craft essay from George Ella Lyon

Spring 2014: Vol. 42, Issue 2
Featuring writing from Denise Giardina, Michael Henson, Carter Sickels, Jim Minick, Charles Dodd White, and more; an interview with Jacinda Townsend and a craft essay from Karen Salyer McElmurray

Winter 2014: Vol. 42, Issue 1
Featuring writing from Maurice Manning, Fenton Johnson, Kathryn Stripling Byer, Robert Morgan, Ron Houchin, Patti Frye Meredith, and more; an interview with Lee Smith and a craft essay from Neela Vaswani