The Great Smokies Review

Editor’s Choice

In Praise of Shared History

by Janet Moore

Finding tarot in literature: Character development in the cards

by Ellen Carr, Guest Editor

I Know Exactly Who I Am: Highlighting Diverse Voices in “Appalachian” Writing

by Grey Jones, Guest Editor

Inviting Attentiveness

by Margaret Ann Faeth

Yearning: Story’s Efficient Engine

by Stanley Dankoski

Setting Inward

by Rachel Stein

Haunted Beauty

by Kim Winter Mako, Guest Editor

Writing with Empathy: Understanding the Mind of a Stranger

by Grey Jones, Guest Editor

Hearing Voices:

Some Thoughts on Authorial Authority

by Mike Ross

Come to the Table

by Jeanne Howe

In Poetry and Prose, the Relevance of Story

by Bob Mustin

Escape Artists

by Miriam McNamara

On her prose & poetry choices: “Seduce & Resist”

by Cynthia Lindeman

The School of One in Ten

by Cathy Agrella, Guest Editor

Skewed Views

by Marie Hefley

  • TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Issue 26 – Spring 2022

  • Home

    • Elizabeth Lutyens, Editor in Chief
      Sweet Smell of Success

    Recognition

    • Honoring Tommy Hays

    Reflection

    • Heather Newton
      “The Stole: Fiction, Memory, and Unwanted Legacies”

    Nonfiction

    • Lily Rountree
      “Bed Bugs”
    • Rachel Zoebry
      “Keeping Up with the Koploviches”

    Fiction

    • Cathy T. Scott
      “Mr. and Mrs.”
    • K. E. Dixon
      “Myrtle”
    • Brian Postelle
      “Hard Ground”
    • Amy Miller
      “First They Chose the Bait”
    • Orlando Davidson
      from Baseline Road

    Poetry

    • JF Upjohn
      “Beauty—Did You Miss It”
    • Priscilla Frake
      “Poems Don't Always Do What We Tell Them”

    Craft Session

    • Sebastian Matthews
      “Cut for the Dog: A Revision Tale”

    Interview

    • Janet Moore Talks with Heather Newton
      “One Messy Mess”: Recipe for a Full Life

    Archives

  • TGSR

    Elizabeth Lutyens, Editor-in-Chief, Founder
    Janet Moore, Special Features Editor
    Julie Abbott, Submissions Editor
    Zoe Newton, UNC Asheville Intern
    Lilly Danzis, GSWP Administrative Assistant
    Michael Mauney, Photographer

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