Ron Rash

Ron Rash

Ron Rash is terrific at whatever he tries his hand at writing: poetry, short stories, or novels. Born in South Carolina, he grew up in Boiling Springs, North Carolina. He is currently the Parris Distinguished Professor in Appalachian Cultural Studies at Western Carolina University. That’s a natural fit, as his family has been in the southern Appalachians for over 200 years.

You may know him as the author of ONE FOOT IN EDEN, SAINTS AT THE RIVER, and SERENA. But around here, we call him "Nancy’s Adopted Son."

 

Serena (Paperback)

By Ron Rash
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ISBN-13: 9780061470844
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Published: Ecco, 10/2009
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Come out when Ron Rash returns on Tuesday, October 13, at 7:30 p.m. with the paperback release of SERENA.

The mountains of western NC may be Eden, but SERENA is no gentle Eve. You'll feel transported to the 1930s Asheville area, as mountain folks trying to survive, conservationists out to establish a national park, and the not-to-be-denied Serena conflict.

One Foot in Eden (Paperback)

By Ron Rash
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ISBN-13: 9780312423056
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Published: Picador, 1/2004
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Will Alexander is the sheriff in a small town in southern Appalachia, and he knows that the local thug Holland Winchester has been murdered. The only thing is the sheriff can find neither the body nor someone to attest to the killing. Simply, almost elementally told through the voices of the sheriff, a local farmer, his beautiful wife, their son, and the sheriff's deputy, ONE FOOT IN EDEN signals the arrival of one the most mature and distinctive voices in southern literature.

Saints at the River (Paperback)

By Ron Rash
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ISBN-13: 9780312424916
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Published: Picador, 7/2005
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When a twelve-year-old girl drowns in the Tamassee River and her body is trapped in a deep eddy, the people of the small South Carolina town that bears the river's name are thrown into the national spotlight. The girl's parents want to attempt a rescue of the body; environmentalists are convinced the rescue operation will cause permanent damage to the river and set a dangerous precedent. Torn between the two sides is Maggie Glenn, a twenty-eight-year-old newspaper photographer who grew up in the town and has been sent to document the incident. Since leaving home almost ten years ago, Maggie has done her best to avoid her father, but now, as the town's conflict opens old wounds, she finds herself revisiting the past she's fought so hard to leave behind.

Chemistry and Other Stories (Paperback)

By Ron Rash
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ISBN-13: 9780312425081
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Published: Picador, 4/2007
In Ron Rash's stories, spanning the entire twentieth century in Appalachia, rural communities struggle with the arrival of a new era. Three old men stalk the shadow of a giant fish no one else believes is there. A man takes up scuba diving in the town reservoir to fight off a killing depression. A grieving mother leads a surveyor into the woods to name once and for all the county where her son was murdered by thieves. In the Appalachia of Ron Rash's stories, the collision of the old and new south, of antique and modern, resonate with the depth and power of ancient myths.

The World Made Straight (Paperback)

By Ron Rash
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ISBN-13: 9780312426606
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Published: Picador, 3/2007
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After a run-in with a local (and vicious) farmer growing marijuana, Travis moves out of his parents' home to live with a one-time schoolteacher, now dealing a little pot to make ends meet. Travis becomes his student, of sorts, and the fate of these two outsiders becomes increasingly entwined as the community's violent past and corrupt present bear down on each of them from every direction.