City Lights Bookstore is in Sylva, North Carolina, a small Main Street town tucked in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains. Our goal is to share the literature of the Southern Appalachian region with the world, and the world of books with our community.
Ron Rash is the Parris Distinguished Professor in Appalachian Cultural
Studies at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee. Rash was born in Chester, South Carolina, in 1953, grew up in
Boiling Springs, North Carolina, and is a graduate of Gardner-Webb University
and Clemson University. In 1994 he published his first book, a collection of
short stories titled The Night the New Jesus Fell to Earth.Since then, Rash has published three
collections of poetry, three short story collections, and four novels, all to
wide critical acclaim and several awards and honors. Rash's poems and stories have
appeared in more than 100 magazines and journals over the years. Serena, Rash's latest novel, has received favorable reviews
nationwide and was a 2009 PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist. His newest short story collection, Burning Bright received the Frank O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. His fifth novel, The Cove, is expected to be released Spring 2012
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the inventory status - and use the "Order Comments" field to let us
know how you would like your book(s) autographed and/or inscribed. Upon
receipt of your prepaid order, we will ask Mr. Rash to complete your
inscription request at his earliest convenience. As a hard-working
writer and professor, Mr. Rash has a busy schedule and may occasionally
require several weeks to complete a request. If you want a book that is
simply autographed rather than personally inscribed, we may well be able
to fill your order directly from our shelves within one or two days.
