By Julie Nelson Satterly
For me, it’s Something’s Rising: Appalachians Fighting Mountaintop Removal, a recent release for Kentucky author Silas House. Teaming up with Jason Howard, the two provide incredibly interesting oral histories of 12 Appalachians who have devoted their efforts to the anti-mountaintop removal cause.
The book is especially interesting to me, an eastern Kentucky-born girl whose grandfather was an accountant for South East Coal in Irvine before his death, and whose father worked there as a safety director while he finished his journalism degree.
If you’re itching to read a book about Kentucky, check out the latest lineup from the University Press of Kentucky. Their fall catalog will be out in a matter of weeks, and their spring catalog, which features Something’s Rising, can be viewed on UPK’s Web site, www.kentuckypress.com. You can also sign up for UPK’s newsletter by clicking here.
I’d also urge you to check out the offerings of the Jesse Stuart Foundation, www.jsfbooks.com. JSF features a number of titles by Kentucky and Appalachian authors, plus controls all of the rights to Kentucky author and teacher Stuart’s published and unpublished literary works.
So what are you reading? Tell us — especially if it relates to Kentucky.
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