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96 pages, $15,
ISBN 0-9660459-7-1


Listen to a selection from Kettle Bottom:



Diane Gilliam Fisher's family was part of the Appalachian outmigration from Mingo County, West Virginia, and Johnson County, Kentucky. Her first book, One of Everything, was published by Cleveland State University Poetry Center in 2003, and her chapbook,
Recipe for Blackberry Cake, was published in 1999. Fisher lives in Akron, Ohio.



Winner, 2008 Thomas and Lillie D. Chaffin Award
for Appalachian Writing

American Booksellers Association Book Sense
Top Ten Poetry Book for 2005

Winner, Ohioana Library Association
Poetry Book of the Year

Finalist, Weatherford Award of the
Appalachian Studies Association

Selected for inclusion in The Pushcart Prize XXX:
Best of the Small Presses




Kettle Bottom CD cover

$15.00

NEW Release: A CD recording based on the book

“An hour-long mini-masterpiece.”




First broadcast on West Virginia Public Radio, this CD gives listeners a vivid glimpse into coal camp life. Native West Virginians read selections from Fisher’s poetry book. Producer Kate Long wove their voices with history of the mine wars, music, and conversation with the author. The result is a portrait of people who insist on their own dignity as they walk the fine line between life and death.

An excellent companion to the book!




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