Joyce Dyer Books
Bloodroot
By Joyce Dyer
Bloodroot is a perennial wildflower, native to the Appalachian region, that bears a single white flower in early spring. Its root contains a poisonous alkaloid, yet the reddish sap it exudes posses...
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Walk Till The Dogs Get Mean: Meditations On The Forbidden From Contemporary Appalachia
By Aaron Smith, Silas House, Julia Watts, Jane Springer, Sarah Einstein, Ida Stewart, Pinckney Benedict, Chris Offutt, Jessie Van Eerden, Karen Salyer McElmurray, Jason Howard, Richard Currey, Crystal Wilkinson, Dorothy Allison, David Huddle, Lisa Lewis, Joyce Dyer, Melissa Range, R. J. Gibson, Adrian Blevins, Charles Dodd White, Carter Sickels, Tennessee Jones, Kathryn Stripling Byer, Michael Croley, Jayne Anne Phillips, Ann Pancake, Jeff Mann, Bell Hooks, Sheldon Lee Compton, Connie May Fowler, Jacinda Townsend, Mary Crockett Hill, Rob Amberg
"In Walk Till the Dogs Get Mean, Adrian Blevins and Karen Salyer McElmurray collect essays from today's finest established and emerging writers with roots in Appalachia. Together, these essays take...
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Goosetown: Reconstructing An Akron Neighborhood
By Joyce Dyer
The Mayor of Goosetown is a story about recovering times in our lives that have nearly vanished. We realize we can't remember everything about our past. We search for signs and symbols to jar our r...
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