# Step Into the Circle: Writers in Modern Appalachia - Hardcover

by **Amy Greene** (Editor), **Trent Thomson** (Editor)

**In this beautiful book of photographs and short essays, some of Appalachia's best-known writers profile each other and the place they call home.** Edited by _Bloodroot_ novelist Amy Greene and her husband Trent Thomson, this book also features Wendell Berry, Lee Smith, Crystal Wilkinson, Ron Rash, Wiley Cash, Silas House, Jason Kyle Howard, Adriana Trigiani, and others. Part photo book, part essay collection, and all praise for the mountains and valleys of the region, this book collects some of the region's greatest literary treasures for a generation of readers.

### Author Biography

Amy Greene's first novel _Bloodroot_ was a _New York Times_ and national bestseller. In 2010 Greene won the Weatherford Award for Appalachian Fiction. Her second novel _Long Man_ was a _Washington Post_ Top Book of the Year. In 2016 Greene won the Willie Morris Award for Southern Literature and was inducted into the East Tennessee Literary Hall of Fame. Her essays have appeared in the _New York Times_ and _Glamour_ magazine, among other publications. Greene has lectured and conducted workshops across the country. Greene is cofounder of Bloodroot Mountain, a nonprofit organization based in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains.

Trent Thomson is cofounder of Bloodroot Mountain, a nonprofit organization based in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains. He holds a MA in Literature and Theology from the Sewanee School of Letters. His 2015 thesis was titled "Living in Lectio: Praying with Their Pens." Thomson edited _A Week in Waiting_, a collection of poems by Fr. Anthony Delisi, a Trappist monk. He has published scholarly work on Thomas Merton and Wendell Berry on their shared sacramental worldview.

**Number of Pages:** 128

**Dimensions:** 0.5 x 10.2 x 8.1 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** December 10, 2019

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