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Jeremy B. Jones Talks Landscape & Identity in Bearwallow: A Personal History of a Mountain Homeland
In Bearwallow: A Personal History of a Mountain Homeland, author Jeremy B. Jones documents his and his wife's return to their native Blue Ridge Mountains.
After arriving back in Edneyville, North Carolina, Jones took a job at his old elementary school as an ESL teacher and, the couple settled near land that Jones's family has inhabited for 200 years.
Exploring the pull that one feels towards their home, Jones writing documents how landscape shapes identity. He detailing the nuance of language, outlines the complicated debates over land usage, and maps historical events.
Jeremy Jones holds an MFA in nonfiction writing from the University of Iowa. His essays have been recognized in Best American Essays, nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and awarded the Emma Bell Miles prize. He currently teaches in the English Department at Western Carolina University. In the new year Jeremy will be reading (and likely playing the banjo) at Scuppernong Books on January 23rd at 7:00pm.
Bearwallow was published by John F. Blair, Publisher, an entity celebrating its 60th anniversary this year.
Of Bearwallow, author Ron Rash has said it "is a book to be savored".
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