{"product_id":"the-dead-alive-and-busy-selected-essays-of-robert-morgan-paperback","title":"The Dead Alive and Busy: Selected Essays of Robert Morgan - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Morgan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRandall Wilhelm\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This essay collection brilliantly brings together storytelling, poetry, memoir, and Morgan's energetic engagement with creative works of art. . . . I believe this book will be of interest to Robert Morgan's fans and scholars--and to those interested in American and Appalachian literature and history.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Sandra L. Ballard, editor of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eListen Here: Women Writing in Appalachia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor six decades, Robert Morgan has been a preeminent voice in southern Appalachian literature. Growing up in Green River, North Carolina, in the 1950s, he absorbed a variety of influences to inform his later work: his family's haunting stories, explorations of the mountainous landscape, paperbacks from a bookmobile, lessons from a kind elementary school teacher. Decades later, his acclaimed writing resulted in a fifty-one-year career at Cornell University, a plethora of literary awards, and a place on the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller list. The essays collected in this volume reveal the ways Morgan writes about literature with the same reverence he uses to describe his homeplace. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dead Alive and Busy\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of essays on the author's personal history, masters of prose, and significant poets. Morgan's catalogue of literary interests is a melting pot of global traditions, from Leo Tolstoy to Appalachian writers such as Thomas Wolfe and Wilma Dykeman. His analysis covers writers \"in a community across time\"--including Poe, Hemingway, McCarthy, Carl Sandburg, and the Appalachian poets Jeff Daniel Marion and Jim Wayne Miller. Akin to his own description of Bierstadt's paintings, Morgan's writing throughout reflects \"intimacy more than spectacle.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Morgan\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several books of poems, most recently \u003ci\u003eTerroir\u003c\/i\u003e (2011) and \u003ci\u003eDark Energy\u003c\/i\u003e (2015). He has published a dozen works of fiction, including the New York Times bestseller \u003ci\u003eGap Creek \u003c\/i\u003e(1999). Among his nonfiction books are the national bestseller \u003ci\u003eBoone: A Biography \u003c\/i\u003e(2007) and\u003ci\u003e Fallen Angel: The Life of Edgar Allan Poe\u003c\/i\u003e (2023). He has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and an Academy Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. A native of western North Carolina, he is currently Kappa Alpha Professor of English (Emeritus) at Cornell University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRandall Wilhelm \u003c\/b\u003eis a writer, editor, and researcher who lives in Clemson, South Carolina. He is editor of \u003ci\u003eUplands: Selected Stories of Robert Morgan, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eConversations with Robert Morgan, Summoning the Dead: Essays on Ron Rash, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Ron Rash Reader\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 10, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984106389805,"sku":"9798895270523","price":30.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/b5jQQU_2OG9798895270523.webp?v=1776082012","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-dead-alive-and-busy-selected-essays-of-robert-morgan-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}