Fairy Tales of Appalachia 

Fairy Tales of Appalachia is a collection of oral stories that I gathered from archives across the region and transcribed to the page. The book is centered around strong female heroines and illustrates how storytelling practices in the Appalachia fit within the larger fairy tale canon. 

Reviews:

“Magic meets academia in the wonderful new collection… While reading, it’s easy to picture the familiar gestures that go along with the telling. This is a characteristic that makes the atmosphere of these stories truly magical in their realism because the text directly relates to the spoken word. This language transports the reader to another place; one where stories are told as the sun is going down and children are gathered around, desperate to know what happens next.” – Kate Murphy, Southern Review of Books