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by Sidney Fan- Things have an almost uncanny way of coming together, sometimes, and forming units without human intervention. Such has been the case with this issue. Almost every piece has some variation on the theme of coming home. This seems appropriate for a summer issue because it is during the summertime that there are family reunions, high school and college reunions, Church conferences and association meetings, all-daymeetings-with-dinner-on-the-grounds, and other types of gatherings. The dictionary defines the word homecoming as a return home, the return of a group of people on a special occasion to a place formerly frequented or regarded as home, an annual celebration, etc. As you read the articles, fiction and poetry herein, you will be aware of the homecoming theme expressed individually by some of the writers. A line in a mountain song says, "Come home, come home, it's supper time." I believe this symbolizes the homecoming theme, because to mountain and southern people, coming home and eating are inextricably woven together. Talk to people about visits back home and reunions and they invariably speak about the abundance of good food along with the joy of seeing family and kinfolk again. I remember the
Appalachian Review – University of North Carolina Press
Published: Jan 8, 1986
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