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Sister Sharyn

Sister Sharyn FEATURED AUTHOR--SHARYN McCRUMB Sister Sharyn_ Charlotte Ross I FIRST HEARD HER NAME IN THE SPRING OF 1983, the year that I was chairperson of the Appalachian Studies Conference (ASC). There were two more firsts that year: It was the first time the conference had met in my home state of Georgia, and it was the first time I ever adopted myself a sister. On purpose. It happened this way... Jay Reese from East Tennessee State called to say there was a live wire of a young woman who wanted to help him revive the Appalachian Writers Association. Then Sharyn McCrumb called me to ask if the ASC would serve as an umbrella organization for the newly revived writers' group. She caught me at a bad moment: I was railing against the pomposity of academics in general and the arrogance of committee members who thought there were "no mountains in Georgia" in particular. Sharyn laughed when I referred to "men in suits who can strut sitting down" and we fell to dissecting the foibles of academe and the arrogance of the geographically challenged who would limit the Appalachian region to five states. We got along like a house afire. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

Sister Sharyn

Ross, Charlotte
Appalachian Review , Volume 32 (4) – Jan 8, 2004
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FEATURED AUTHOR--SHARYN McCRUMB Sister Sharyn_ Charlotte Ross I FIRST HEARD HER NAME IN THE SPRING OF 1983, the year that I was chairperson of the Appalachian Studies Conference (ASC). There were two more firsts that year: It was the first time the conference had met in my home state of Georgia, and it was the first time I ever adopted myself a sister. On purpose. It happened this way... Jay Reese from East Tennessee State called to say there was a live wire of a young woman who wanted to help him revive the Appalachian Writers Association. Then Sharyn McCrumb called me to ask if the ASC would serve as an umbrella organization for the newly revived writers' group. She caught me at a bad moment: I was railing against the pomposity of academics in general and the arrogance of committee members who thought there were "no mountains in Georgia" in particular. Sharyn laughed when I referred to "men in suits who can strut sitting down" and we fell to dissecting the foibles of academe and the arrogance of the geographically challenged who would limit the Appalachian region to five states. We got along like a house afire.

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Appalachian Review – University of North Carolina Press

Published: Jan 8, 2004

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