The Daily Yonder Q&A: Author Ashleigh Bryant Phillips on the “Inspiring, Intense” Stories of Rural Homecoming Raised by rural people who told stories all day long, the author s award-winning Sleepovers was deeply shaped by connections to her Woodland, North Carolina, home.
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Ashleigh Bryant Phillips of Woodland, North Carolina, is author of the award-winning short story collection Sleepovers. (Photo: Hub City Press)
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The Daily Yonder 8 Rural Books to Help You Get Through the Wintry Weeks at Home – Part 2 The Daily Yonder team comes back with more book recommendations for your reading pleasure. These rural novels, memoirs and short story collections are worth a spot on your reading list.
Last week we published a list of some of our favorite rural books to help get you through a tough February. But as temperatures gradually raise and the sun comes out, we believe that reading a great book, inside or outside, hasn’t lost its appeal.
Here are eight more rural books recommended by our colleagues at the Center for Rural Strategies and the Daily Yonder.