by Ted Olson New Native Press, a small independent publisher based in Cullowhee, North Carolina, has recently issued a book offering new translations of poems composed by the internationally recognized…
A Book of Wonder and Worry
from Ted Olson, Rapid River Poetry Editor/Columnist It has been quite an honor to serve for more than three years as poetry editor/columnist for Rapid River and to be part…
Word-Weaving in Tennessee
The National Storytelling Festival by Ted Olson Appalachia is a storied land. Every place within the region has its own story, and virtually every person who has spent a significant…
Alive and Well
Poems from New Books by Western North Carolina Poets by Ted Olson Sepia Print: Nov. 2, 1919 They sit on the old wooden swing, The sun on their faces. They…
The Troubles and Their Aftermath
James B. Johnston’s Memories of Northern Ireland by Ted Olson When he was a young man living in Belfast, Northern Ireland during the late 1960s, author and publisher James B….
The Oxford Book of American Poetry
by Ted Olson The Difficulty of Anthologizing American Poetry In 2006 I purchased the then brand-new Oxford Book of American Poetry, a rather massive anthology published by the Oxford University…
James Still
The Dean of Appalachian Literature by Ted Olson Heritage I shall not leave these prisoning hills Though they topple their barren heads to level earth And the forests slide uprooted…
Poetry – April 2012
Returning to Appalachia: Five Poems from Five Books
by Ted Olson When I began writing this monthly column for Rapid River Magazine in June 2009, I thought I’d primarily be reviewing books by contemporary Appalachian poets. I did…