The Girl Singer by Marianne Worthington Monic Ductan teaches literature and

Monic Ductan teaches literature and creative writing at Tennessee Tech University

These colorful characters from the Mother Goose rhymes have been a staple of children's literature for the last two hundred years

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She lives and teaches in southeastern Kentucky

"James Still is better known as a novelist and poet

The Girl Singer by Marianne Worthington Monic Ductan teaches literature and2021 Fireside Industries Publication Hardcover Feminism, Appalachian culture, and country music: three threads beautifully woven into one in Marianne Worthington's poetry collection The Girl Singer. The poet grew up in urban Appalachia, listening to country and folk music and letting it live within her. The speakers in The Girl Singer offer lyrical celebrations of the women who performed that music and recite their stories anew. The girl singer is