Untelling
ISSUE 1 | SUMMER 2024
Featuring 28 poets, 6 prose writers, and 14 artists
Untelling 5
From the Editor 8
From the Archive 102
From the Still Library 104
Artist Bios 108
POETRY
Memory/Book 11
Pauletta Hansel
Granny’s Kitchen, 1970s 12
Chrissie Anderson Peters
Holding Fast 13
Jessica Manack
The Hunting Grounds 16
Timothy Dodd
Reader 18
James Owens
After the Pandemic 28
James Engelhardt
It Continues 30
Patsy Kisner
Let the Wheel Turn 31
Barb McCullough
Stealth 32
Linda Parsons
Self-Portrait as My 10th Great Grandmother’s Will 34
Pauletta Hansel
Coal 36
James Owens
Sealess 37
Jessica Cory
Float Off 39
Misty Skaggs
The Right to Ruin 40
Jessica Manack
Catalogue 42
Marianne Worthington
Sixth Grade Seventy Years Ago 44
Parks Lanier
The Rhythm Took Root 46
Tracy Staley
Triplets 48
Roberta Schultz
I Hope That It Snows 49
Andrew Preston
Holler Timing 52
Samantha Ratcliffe
The Viewing 54
Tina Parker
Driving the West Virginia I-77 on an Early November Morning 59
Megan Hutchinson
Mother Had Two Boys 62
Marc Harshman
After the Hunter’s Moon 71
James Engelhardt
To the Deer Skull Hanging in My Backyard 73
Megan Hutchinson
Going Home 74
Tina Parker
ESOL 76
Samuel Prestridge
Uncertainty 78
Ace Boggess
Eve 79
Kristi Stephens Walker
Don’t Look Back 80
Amy Lee Ann Richardson
Evolution of a Praise Kink 82
Brandon Sun Eagle Jent
Blue Night at the Nursing Home 85
Marianne Worthington
Holy Palaver 92
Timothy Dodd
Sometimes what lasts is a fragile thing 95
Cathy Cultice Lentes
Family Plot 96
Ashley Massey
Walnut 97
Andrew Preston
On watching my son lay in five inches of snow on a nineteen degree day in January 98
Amy Le Ann Richardson
Taking It All on Faith 100
Marc Harshman
I Wanted to Write a Poem 105
Marianne Worthington
Appalachian Wilderness: Our Literary Heritage 107
Jim Minick
PROSE
How to say your own name 14
Nikita Perumal
Bridges 20
Rachel Holbrook
Superstition 25
Charlotte Bowling Roth
No Kick 55
Tia Jensen
No Quietness in the Belly 63
Jamey Temple
Baronland 86
Hannah Wilson-Black
PHOTOGRAPHY & ART
Fierce Cover
Justin Brown
Mamaw’s Quilt 4
Corey Terry
Twilight Zone 7
Kelsey Helton
Stories to be Told 9
Tyler Barrett
Fire 10
Sheree Combs
Abandoned House 15
Chris DeMaria
Striations 17
Tyler Barrett
Vale 19
Karah Tull
Lucille 24
Debby Bird
The Path Opens 29
Justin Brown
A Reckoning 33
Karah Tull
I Dreamed I Was Rising Up 38
Lacy Hale
Mulberry 41
Kelsey Helton
Moonface 43
Natosha Via
Glory 44
Karah Tull
Springtime 51
Sheree Combs
Fragility 52
Corey Terry
I Leave the Past to Set Me Free 60
Lacy Hale
Cold Snap 72
Randi Ward
A gift on a quiet rainy day 75
Will Anderson
Elemental Center 77
Tyler Barrett
Window 81
Rachel Rosolina
Dementia 84
Austin Thacker
Groundwork IV 93
Randi Ward
Skeleton 94
Chris DeMaria
Girandole 99
Natosha Via
Empty Nest 101
Debby Bird
Pedestrian Crossing 110
Kelsey Helton
The views and opinions expressed in this publications are those of the authors and artists and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Hindman Settlement School or any affiliated individuals or entities.
Cover photography by Justin Brown
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Art Direction & Design
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