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Shiloh and other stories

Book • 1982
This collection, published in 1982, includes stories that carefully observe the lives of people in western Kentucky as they navigate the challenges of contemporary society.

The stories, such as the title piece 'Shiloh,' explore themes of ennui, restlessness, and the impact of modernization on traditional values and communities.

The book won the PEN/Hemingway Award for First Fiction and was nominated for several other prestigious awards.

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Barbara Kingsolver
as a book that inspired her to embrace her own Kentucky voice in writing.
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Best Of: Barbara Kingsolver on ‘Urban-Rural Antipathy’
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Barbara Kingsolver
as an author whose work inspired her to embrace her Appalachian identity and voice in her writing.
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Barbara Kingsolver (author of Demon Copperhead)

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