R.T. Smith

recent-meR. T. Smith has edited Shenandoah since 1995 and serves as Writer-in-Residence at Washington & Lee. His forthcoming books are Doves in Flight: 13 Fictions and Summoning Shades: New Poems, both due in 2017.

 

HILLBILLY ELEGY: A Memoir of a Family and a Culture by J. D. Vance (Harper, 2016)

Perhaps in part because I live at the foot of the Appalachians and occasionally teach the region’s literature, I was eager to read J. D. Vance’s best-selling Hillbilly Elegy.  And I’ll admit that my enthusiasm was amplified by Vance’s appearances … Continue reading →

On Artist Linda Burgess

Artist Statement:             My work inhabits that elusive place where memory and reality overlap. With a concern for light and atmosphere, I lift elements from their otherwise quotidian context and elevate them to into the realm of icon. By capturing … Continue reading →