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Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. 2010. Spouse. Ann Rash. Children. 1 daughter, 1 son. Website. ronrashwriter .com. Ron Rash (born September 25, 1953) is an American poet, short story writer and novelist and the Parris Distinguished Professor in Appalachian Cultural Studies at Western Carolina University.
- 1 daughter, 1 son
- Ann Rash
- Novelist, Previously an English Instructor at Tri-County Technical College
One of the New Yorker’s Best Books of 2023. The first novel in 10 years and 20th book from award-winning author Ron Rash, “one of the great American authors at work today” —The New York Times) Told against the backdrop of the Korean War as a small Appalachian town sends its sons to battle, The Caretaker is a breathtaking love story and ...
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Sue Rash was left alone to look after three children in a small Southern town, one that often felt to her eldest son like its own dwarf planet. But when the family needed support from their neighbors, they got it. “The whole town helped us,” Ron says. “It was a struggle that was never spoken of, but they knew.
Rash’s third book, the poetry collection Among the Believers (2000), is set in the mountains of western North Carolina and focuses on rural, everyday life. The poems, taken as a whole, have been compared to a short story or a novella by several critics. The themes of hard living and death in the lives of its characters tie the poems together ...
Sep 21, 2023 · On Tuesday, Sept. 26, author Ron Rash will celebrate the release of his 20th publication. His latest novel, The Caretaker, is set in Blowing Rock in 1951. "To me, this is a book about love," Rash ...
Feb 11, 2024 · "The Caretaker,” Ron Rash’s 21st book and latest novel, is a poetic exploration of the capacity of the human heart to harm, to heal and, ultimately, to hope.
Dec 10, 2020 · A cclaimed writer Ron Rash has been celebrated as the “Appalachian Shakespeare” for the depth and timelessness of his writing. An accomplished poet, short story writer, and novelist, Rash has been honored with the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award, the O. Henry Prize, the Sidney Lanier Prize for Southern Literature, and with inductions into the Fellowship of Southern Writers ...
