Ron Rash

Ron Rash

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 four collections of poetry, six short story collections, and seven novels, all to wide critical acclaim and numerous awards and honors. Rash's poems and stories have appeared in more than 100 magazines and journals over the years. Serena, Rash's 2009 novel, received glowing reviews nationwide and was a 2009 PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist.  A 2013 movie starring Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper was based on this New York Times Bestselling book.  The short story collection, Burning Bright received the Frank O'Connor Award for Short Fiction

 
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In the Valley: Stories and a Novella Based on SERENA By Ron Rash Cover Image
$26.95
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ISBN: 9780385544290
Published: Doubleday - August 4th, 2020

The Risen: A Novel By Ron Rash Cover Image
$15.99
ISBN: 9780062436320
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Published: Ecco - July 25th, 2017

Poems: New and Selected By Ron Rash Cover Image
$14.99
ISBN: 9780062435521
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Published: Ecco - February 21st, 2017

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Above the Waterfall: A Novel By Ron Rash Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062349323
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Published: Ecco - July 5th, 2016

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Above the Waterfall: A Novel By Ron Rash Cover Image
$26.99
ISBN: 9780062349316
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Published: Ecco - September 8th, 2015

Pre-order Rash's sixth novel now. We will have signed copies available in November.


Nothing Gold Can Stay: Stories By Ron Rash Cover Image
$15.99
ISBN: 9780062202727
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Published: Ecco - March 11th, 2014

With high praise from the first Nobel Laureate to win the literary prize on the strength of short stories alone, Mr. Rash would seem to have won a Nobel by proxy.


The Cove: A Novel By Ron Rash Cover Image
$15.99
ISBN: 9780061804205
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Published: Ecco - November 6th, 2012

Burning Bright: Stories By Ron Rash Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9780061804120
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Published: Ecco - February 1st, 2011

Waking By Ron Rash Cover Image
$14.95
ISBN: 9781891885822
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Published: Hub City Press - October 1st, 2011

Serena: A Novel By Ron Rash Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9780061470844
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Published: Ecco - September 29th, 2009

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Chemistry and Other Stories By Ron Rash Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780312425081
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Published: Picador - April 17th, 2007

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The World Made Straight: A Novel By Ron Rash Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780312426606
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Published: Picador - March 20th, 2007

Saints at the River: A Novel By Ron Rash Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780312424916
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Published: Picador - July 1st, 2005

One Foot in Eden: A Novel By Ron Rash Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780312423056
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Published: Picador - January 3rd, 2004

Raising the Dead By Ron Rash Cover Image
$12.00
ISBN: 9780916078546
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Published: Iris Press - April 15th, 2002

Eureka Mill By Ron Rash Cover Image
$14.95
ISBN: 9781938235443
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Published: Hub City Press - October 16th, 2018

Among the Believers By Ron Rash Cover Image
$14.00
ISBN: 9781604542240
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Published: Iris Press - November 8th, 2013

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The Night the New Jesus Fell to Earth: And Other Stories from Cliffside, North Carolina (Southern Revivals) By Ron Rash Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781611175141
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Published: University of South Carolina Press - December 19th, 2014

The University of South Carolina reprint, December 2014.


Something Rich and Strange: Selected Stories By Ron Rash Cover Image
$32.19
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ISBN: 9780062349347
Published: Ecco - November 4th, 2014

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The Night the New Jesus Fell to Earth: And Other Stories from Cliffside, North Carolina (Southern Revivals) By Ron Rash Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781611175141
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Published: University of South Carolina Press - December 19th, 2014

The Ron Rash Reader By Randall Wilhelm (Editor), Ron Rash Cover Image
By Randall Wilhelm (Editor), Ron Rash
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ISBN: 9781611174144
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Published: University of South Carolina Press - September 24th, 2014

Surreal South By Laura Benedict (Editor), Pinckney Benedict (Editor) Cover Image
By Laura Benedict (Editor), Pinckney Benedict (Editor)
$24.94
ISBN: 9780979304972
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Published: Press 53 - September 10th, 2007

Literary Dogs By John Lane, Betsy Wakefield Teter Cover Image
$19.95
ISBN: 9781891885983
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Published: Hub City Press - November 1st, 2012

Summoning the Dead: Essays on Ron Rash (Southern Classics) By Randall Wilhelm (Editor), Zackary Vernon (Editor), Robert Morgan (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Randall Wilhelm (Editor), Zackary Vernon (Editor), Robert Morgan (Foreword by)
$82.48
ISBN: 9781611178388
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Published: University of South Carolina Press - March 13th, 2018

Conversations with Ron Rash (Literary Conversations) By Mae Miller Claxton (Editor), Rain Newcomb (Editor) Cover Image
By Mae Miller Claxton (Editor), Rain Newcomb (Editor)
$49.50
ISBN: 9781496825551
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Published: University Press of Mississippi - January 1st, 2020

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