The Northern Appalachia Review is an annual publication making a place for the under-recognized literature of its region. The editors identify northern Appalachia as the Appalachia counties of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, and the northern portion of West Virginia, a part of America where authors have yet to be distinguished with a literary identity, though it remains rich in stories of conflict among humans and their defining landscapes.The Review publishes authors from, living in, or writing about northern Appalachia.Most importantly, it seeks work that best conveys the character of the people and places of the region and which represents it as both distinct from and part of greater Appalachia.The publication holds a vision of serving as a catalyst to more novels, poetry, essays, history, memoir, drama, and other modes of literary writing that represent, in some way, our region.The exposure offered by the Review generates support for the authors of Northern Appalachia, ensuring that the voice of this remarkable part of the country is acknowledged, appreciated, and preserved.

Northern Appalachia Review v1

Literature & Fiction

Review, Northern Appalachia

United States

Catamount Press

Hunting, grouse dogs, and the great outdoorsLike many of his contemporaries, Dennis LaBare's parents moved to a big-city suburb to live a modest life as a result of the Great Depression and World War II.Along with the new landscape, his parents of rural origins introduced to him an appreciation of outdoor living like farming, hunting, wandering through the forest, reading outdoor magazines, and spending summer vacations visiting the folks "back home."In spite of the enormous cultural changes that came from the loud, roaring post-WWII era, the voices and traditions of those quiet country origins made their way into LaBare's consciousness and that of his generation.Appalachian Grouse Dog: A Boomer's Memoir is an ode to boomers and the pursuits of the traditional outdoors. Here in clear-eyed prose is the life-changing story of one boy and one dog who made it through the cacophony of modern America to a life of appreciation and outdoor living. It is a celebration of the deep roots of another time and place-of a dog, a gun, and time enough.

Appalachian Grouse Dog: A Boomer’s Memoir

Horn, Bill

Labare, Dennis

Labare, Helen Stacy

Biographies & Memoirs

Henry Shoemaker compiled these legendary tales set in the Endless Mountains of western and central Pennsylvania. Shoemaker's tales recall the transition of the landscape from forest to industrial logging and the decline of the native peoples as the European settlers advanced westward. This collection of tales has been modernized for 21st-century audiences but maintains the charm, wit, and suspense of the originals. Teedyuscung’s Face The Man Who Loved a Fairy In the Foothills Killy, Killy, Killy Eleve Spiritually Dead One Hour of Happiness The Play Girl A Frontiersman’s Diary The Escape The Water Witch The Lonely Ghost The Horse-Beater Queen Elizabeth The Headless Man His Rival’s Ghost Canoe Place Golden Hour in the Camp The Weathervanes Elphe Soden The White Deer

Susquehanna Legends

Shoemaker, Henry W.

The Northern Appalachia Review is an annual publication making a place for the under-recognized literature of its region. The editors identify northern Appalachia as the Appalachia counties of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, and the northern portion of West Virginia, a part of America where authors have yet to be distinguished with a literary identity, a place that nonetheless remains rich in stories of conflict among humans and their landscapes.\nThe Review publishes authors from, living in, or writing about northern Appalachia. It seeks work that best conveys the character of the people and places of the region and which represents it as both distinct from and part of greater Appalachia.\nThe exposure offered by the Review generates support for the authors of Northern Appalachia, ensuring that the voice of this remarkable part of the country is acknowledged, appreciated, and preserved.\nIn this volume: AB² Alex Bischoff Alexandra Mackenzie Wilson Alice I. Reynolds Angela Gaito-Lagnese Annie McWilliams Barbara Sabol Ben Moyer Caroline Wermuth Cathy Lentes Colin Williams Daniel Flatley Deni Naffziger Diane Glancy Don Feigert Edwina Pendarvis Erica Manto-Paulson Jaclyn J. Reed Jacob Strautman Jane Ann Fuller Jim Minick Jimmy Long John Repp Jolene McIlwain Jordan Tyler Temchack Karen Whittington Nelson Kimberly BMW Wade Kirk Judd Lilace Mellin Guignard Linda Schifino Lisa Harris Martha Gallagher Michael Maryalice Yakutchik Matthew Grolemund Michael Garrigan Nichola Moretti Paula Makris Pauletta Hansel Richard Hague Robert Beveridge Sam Bohen Sandee Gertz Sherrell Wigal Stephanie Kendrick Thomas E. Strunk Valerie Nieman

Northern Appalachia Review v2

Piccirillo, PJ

From the title story's beautiful reflection on a couple's grief, guilt, and awakenings in the aftermath of a stillbirth, to a graduate student discovering in the trauma of an assault the prerogative of her own fertility and identity, conflicted hearts long for human connection while whispers from vivid landscapes beg that these troubled characters turn their searches inward.

Nunc Stans: A Ferry Tale

Genre Fiction

Henry Shoemaker compiled these folk tales set in the Seven Mountains of central Pennsylvania. Shoemaker's stories recall the decline of big game in the region and the exit of the native peoples as the European settlers advanced westward. This collection of tales has been modernized for 21st-century audiences but maintains the charm, wit, and suspense of the originals. In the Seven Mountains Dan Treaster’s Nights The Ghost The Canoe The Logan Brothers Dorman Panther The Token Pipsisseway’s Pine Uncle Job Swartzell Panther A Modern Petrarch The Thread On the Ledge The Indian Mound Lynx of Indianville Gap Turned to Stone The Devil’s Turnip Patch Story of the Cannon Hole The Ghostly Lights The Old Fort An Episode of ‘65 Flood At the Gate of the Dead

In The Seven Mountains: Legends Collected in Central Pennsylvania

Peter Grove, in search of ginseng in upstate Pennsylvania, becomes embroiled in the events of the French and Indian War. A native of Lancaster, Grove travels throughout the Pennsylvania wilderness, as far as Fort Pitt and the West Branch of the Susquehanna. Along the way, when not seeking a young lady's hand, he interacts with many of the leading figures of the time, including Conrad Weiser, Governor Morris, John Harris, Henry Bouquet, John Forbes, Hugh Mercer, George Croghan, and numerous natives.

Song of the Susquehanna

Stover, Herbert E.

Henry Wharton Shoemaker: Scoundrel of the Susquehanna

Graybill, Guy

Arts & Literature

Tales of the Bald Eagle Mountains

Short Stories & Anthologies

Black Forest Souvenirs: Revised Second Edition

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