![]() ![]() Rash’s works have drawn an international following, especially in England, Ireland and France. “It is an honor to have a scholar of Mae's caliber find my work worthy of such a project,” Rash said.įive of the interviews are from international publications, with two appearing for the first time in English. The novel’s origins are related to an actual murder that occurred near Rash’s Boiling Springs home in his youth and the reoccurring bad dreams he experienced in the years since. His most recent novel, “The Risen,” is set in Sylva with a plot built around an unsolved murder dating back to the late 1960s. “I actually start sometimes with a voice, usually an image, an image that won't leave me alone and I have to find out where that image will lead me,” Rash said. Rash uses his family history, with many relatives having worked with their hands as farmers or millworkers, to create the settings for most of his work. ![]() There’s Robert Morgan, Wilma Dykeman and Wendell Berry, for example, who have done it successfully. ![]() That’s not common, but Appalachian writers for some reason often tend to write in more than one genre. “The other notable thing worth mentioning is that he comfortably works in three genres ― poetry, short stories and novels. “These interviews shed some light on Ron as a writer, especially his influences and his evolution as a Southern Appalachian writer. ![]()
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