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Warren Wilson College faculty members are not only engaging and inspiring in the classroom, they are skilled at Bringing the Devil to His Knees, exploring the Rural Roots of Bluegrass, and Making Books That Fly, Fold, Wrap, Hide, Pop Up, Twist, & Turn. These publication and many more are showcased on the third floor of Jensen Hall, one of the main classroom buildings on the Warren Wilson campus. Framed by honey-colored oak cut, cured and constructed on campus, these publications represent the passion and expertise of Warren Wilson College faculty members. Here's a sampling:

Coyote Toil Emma Justice

Coyote: Seeking the Hunter in Our Midst (Hardcover) Catherine Reid (writing) "Coyotes were originally western inhabitants, smaller "prairie wolves" not found in the eastern stronghold of the larger grey wolf. But starting early in the twentieth century, coyotes began to be sighted in the eastern part of North America--and these were big coyotes, substantially larger than their southwestern progenitors. What were they? Reid moved back to her homeland of Massachusetts and became fascinated with these eastern coyotes. Written in a lyrical style... this is a captivating read and worthy of joining the pantheon of literary ecological writing." -Booklist

Emma Spaulding Bryant: Civil War Bride, Carpetbagge'-s Wife, Ardent Feminist: Letters 1860-1900 Ruth Currie (history and political science) "An extraordinary biographical collection of correspondence and writings that detail the life of a woman of faith, integrity, and high moral principles, who learned the hard way to become self-sufficient during the years when her husband's demanding political career brought about long periods of separation... it is the captivating tale of a strong-willed, out-spoken woman's life." -Bookwatch

The Voice of Toil: Nineteenth-Century British Writing about Work David J. Bradshaw English professor David J. Bradshaw's The Voice of Toil is an edited collection of nineteenth-century British writings in collaboration with Suzanne Ozment, an English professor at The Citadel. Focused introductions, helpful biographical and explanatory notes, and pertinent illustrations enhance this useful cultural sourcebook. -WWC Library

Making Books That Fly, Fold, Wrap, Hide, Pop Up, Twist, & Turn: Books for Kids to Make Gwen Diehn Art professor Gwen Diehn has created an attractive and instructive book for kids on all types of handmade books. Abundant project photographs and step-by-step illustrations enhance the printed directions for making books that carry messages, celebrate things, save treasures and memories, and clarify thoughts and experiences. -WWC Library

Rural Roots of Bluegrass: Songs, Stories & History Wayne Erbsen Music professor Wayne Erbsen's book discusses the people, symbols, institutions, and social conditions that have shaped Bluegrass music and introduces readers and musicians to 94 traditional songs considered central to the bluegrass repertoire. Drawing from a variety of sources, including English ballads, parlor songs, Tin Pan Alley, Scots-Irish fiddle-tunes, plantation melodies, gospel songs, and banjo tunes, he provides musical notation for and background information on each song. -WWC Library

Heart of Darkness and Selected Short Fiction by Joseph Conrad, Introduction and notes by A. Michael Matin English professor Michael Matin offers the reader the texts of Conrad's novella and three of his short stories along with a wealth of scholarly background for understanding these examples of Conrad�s fiction. Matin�s contribution to this edition (Barnes & Noble, 2003) of the publisher's Classics series is a second title in this series from WWC faculty.

In My Father's Footsteps: A Memoir Sebastian Matthews Writing professor Sebastian Matthews describes his loving but unsentimental account of his relationship with his poet father, Bill Matthews, as a type of writing about place. It is also about journeying, as Matthews presents a nuanced portrait of life with his hard driving, charismatic father, a "bundle of contradictions" who died suddenly at the age of fifty-five. When Sebastian arrives at the end of this journey, he affirms his place as one of richness and meaning. -WWC Library

Catawba Valley Mississippian: Ceramics, Chronology, and Catawba Indians David G. Moore Drawing upon archaeological and ethnohistoric data, archaeology professor David Moore presents a cultural chronology of the late Prehistoric and early Historic periods in the Catawba River Valley and outlines the ethnogenesis of the Catawba Indians. Moore sheds light on a subject which had been little understood, due to the lack of a well-documented eighteenth-century Native American population and substantive Catawba Indian archaeological research in the area, as well as factors such as association of the area with the Cherokee Indians. -WWC Library

Justice in Africa Paul J. Magnarella (peace studies) Justice in Africa describes the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) - the first international court created to try persons for genocide and violation the humanitarian law of non-international armed conflict. The book begins with an explanation of the causes of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda It then discusses the UN Security Council's creation of the ICTR and the Tribunal's organization, functioning, accomplishments and shortcomings. -WWC Library

Bringing the Devil to His Knees: The Craft of Fiction and the Writing Life Charles Baxter and Pete Turchi Pete Turchi, director of Warren Wilson College's Master of Fine Arts Program for Writers, co-edited with Charles Baxter this collection of articles by nineteen writers and teachers, many of whom are award winners. Like its companion volume, Poets Teaching Poets: Self and the World, this book contains essays that originated from lectures in the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson. The editors organize the essays into three categories: "Techniques, Devices, and Strategies," "Maps and Legends," and "Facing Up to the Reader."

John Bowers is the communications director at Warren Wilson College.

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