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Some Notes You Hold is about surviving what life throws at us as we age. The so-called "golden years" are so named because of the high admission price-the tremendous losses, disappointments, illnesses, and failures we all experience if we live long enough. The first part of the book, called "Letting Go, " focuses on surviving deep grief. The middle section is a musical interlude, exploring the tremendous power of music to heal us mentally, phy...

Some Notes You Hold is about surviving what life throws at us as we age. The so-called "golden years" are so named because of the high admission price-the tremendous losses, disappointments, illnesses, and failures we all experience if we live long enough. The first part of the book, called "Letting Go, " focuses on surviving deep grief. The middle section is a musical interlude, exploring the tremendous power of music to heal us mentally, phy...

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Fred Chappell, Jeff Daniel Marion, Jim Wayne Miller, and Robert Morgan are primarily folk artists who write poetry about people doing common, everyday tasks. Each poet in his own unique style illustrates a strong sense of place and community. All natives to the Appalachian region, these poets come from an agrarian community that they had to leave behind to enter the world of academia. Looking For Native Ground was published in 1989 comparing C...

Set during World War I in southwest Virginia, Hiding Ezra is the story of a simple farmer, Ezra Teague, who is forced to choose between fighting for his country and taking care of his family. Like more than 175, 000 other young men, Ezra chose his family - not because he was a coward or a pacifist, but because he was practical and because he felt his Christian faith called him to do so. Hiding Ezra is also a love story, as we see the girl of h...

This is a response to a life lived on a mountain cattle farm in Southwest Virginia and also to a poetic persona created by noted Kentucky poet and essayist Wendell Berry: the Mad Farmer. The Mad Farmer's Wife tries to help us understand the complexity and challenge of living that life in today's economy.