Description: Northern Appalachia is one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth and home to a broad range of ecological and human cultures. With A Literary Field Guide to Northern Appalachia, Todd Davis and Noah Davis celebrate this diversity and the fact that humans are storytelling creatures who develop relationships with their landscapes.
Brief description: TODD DAVIS is the author of seven full-length collections of poetry--Coffin Honey; Native Species; Winterkill; In the Kingdom of the Ditch; The Least of These; Some Heaven; and Ripe--as well as of a limited-edition chapbook, Household of Water, Moon, and Snow. He is an emeritus fellow of the Black Earth Institute and teaches environmental studies at Pennsylvania State University's Altoona College. He lives in Tipton, Pennsylvania.
Review Quotes: This book will appeal to people from a variety of literacies and perspectives and will open doors and hearts to the bounty of Northern Appalachia ecologies to enrich the lives of all.--Chris Green "author of The Social Life of Poetry: Appalachia, Race, and Radical Modernism"