George Ella Lyon

Silas House

Steven Borsman

Brittany Buchanan

Crystal Collett

Keri N. Collins

Danny Dyar

Katie Frensley

Yvonne Godfrey

Ethan Hamblin

Megan Rebecckiah Jones

Liz Kilburn

Zoe Minton

Kia L. Missamore

Desirae Negron

Marcus Plumlee

Emily Grace Sarver-Wolf

Lesley Sneed

Cassie Walters

Lucy Weakley

"In the Fall of 2010 I gave an assignment in my Appalachian Literature class at Berea College, telling my students to write their own version of "Where I'm From" poem based on the writing prompt and poem by George Ella Lyon, one of the preeminent Appalachian poets. I was so impressed by the results of the assignment that I felt the poems needed to be preserved in a bound document. Thus, this little book. These students completely captured the complexities of this region and their poems contain all the joys and sorrows of living in Appalachia. I am proud that they were my students and I am very proud that together we produced this record of contemporary Appalachian Life" -- Silas House

Poems from Students of Appalachian Literature

Where I'm from

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