By Courtney Roberts | Although the sun had begun to steal through the clouds, the birds had not yet resumed singing.

Rick Van Noy is the author of four books, including Borne by the River: Canoeing the Delaware from Headwaters to Home (Cornell 2024) and Sudden Spring: Stories of Adaptation in a Climate-Changed South (Georgia 2019). He is a professor of English at Radford University.

By Tess Lloyd | When we buried Mamaw at the southwest corner of our new pre-fab log cabin, I worried about pushback. The ritual was Cousin McCaslin’s idea. His folklore professor at the state university.

By Joseph R. Goodall | Joseph R. Goodall is a writer and civil engineer whose fiction, essays, and poetry explore the intersection of human communities and natural landscapes. His short story collection, What the Bird Sees in Flight, examines the unraveling and reunion of a strong-willed farming family. Born in New Zealand and now based in Atlanta, he draws inspiration from watersheds, local history and a diverse range of storytellers. His work has appeared in publications su