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Editor's Note

Editor's Note EDITOR'S NOTE JASON KYLE HOWARD hange: it's something we confront, and it's something we Ccarry with us, in our pockets, inside us. Although the notion of change arguably appears to varying degrees in nearly every piece of prose, it is especially present in the fiction and creative nonfiction we have collected in this issue of Appalachian Review. 5 The theme even lends itself to the title of Gavin Colton's "Little Piles of Change," a tender short story set in Ireland with themes that reverberate throughout Appalachian culture. A working-class man is struggling to keep his family financially and emotionally afloat while navigating the changes brought about by mid-life. His wife has lost her job; his kids are growing up, their tastes evolving. Time is moving, ever so fast, and he himself feels different. How will he manage? Christopher Labaza’s “Kingsnake” shows a young man at a different kind of turning point. Pearl wants more than his meager circumstances will allow. Responsibility has come too early. He is holding his family together, while attending college and working a job that has opened him up to exploitation. In her essay “Drought Conditions: Personal Accounts from the 2016 Gatlinburg Wildfires,” Jacquelyn Scott http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

Editor's Note

Howard, Jason Kyle
Appalachian Review , Volume 50 (1) – Apr 1, 2022
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EDITOR'S NOTE JASON KYLE HOWARD hange: it's something we confront, and it's something we Ccarry with us, in our pockets, inside us. Although the notion of change arguably appears to varying degrees in nearly every piece of prose, it is especially present in the fiction and creative nonfiction we have collected in this issue of Appalachian Review. 5 The theme even lends itself to the title of Gavin Colton's "Little Piles of Change," a tender short story set in Ireland with themes that reverberate throughout Appalachian culture. A working-class man is struggling to keep his family financially and emotionally afloat while navigating the changes brought about by mid-life. His wife has lost her job; his kids are growing up, their tastes evolving. Time is moving, ever so fast, and he himself feels different. How will he manage? Christopher Labaza’s “Kingsnake” shows a young man at a different kind of turning point. Pearl wants more than his meager circumstances will allow. Responsibility has come too early. He is holding his family together, while attending college and working a job that has opened him up to exploitation. In her essay “Drought Conditions: Personal Accounts from the 2016 Gatlinburg Wildfires,” Jacquelyn Scott

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Published: Apr 1, 2022

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