Dispatch from the Mountain State

Auteur

Marc Harshman is poet laureate of West Virginia. He has published eight collections of poetry, including the award-winning titles Woman in Red Anorak and Believe What You Can. He is also the author/coauthor of fourteen children's books. Harshman was recently named the Appalachian Heritage Writer for 2024 by Shepherd University's Appalachian Studies program. He holds degrees from Bethany College, Yale Divinity School, and the University of Pittsburgh. He lives in Wheeling.

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A collection of poems anchored in West Virginia and engaging in the trademark themes of a mature poet--death, despair, dread and the seeming randomness with which all these come into a life.