Burnt House to Pawpaw: Appalachian Notes (Literature Profile Series)

Summary
Merrill Gilfillan is the award-winning short story writer and poet whose Magpie Sketches from the Great Plains, won the first PEN/Martha Albrand Award for non-fiction. Five years later, Gilfillan returns to the genre with a new collection of poetic essays that grew from his travels along the folkloric backroads of Appalachia.