If a place can have a flavor, then the Appalachian hill country of Ron Rash’s short story collection Burning Bright has notes of hope and persistence underlying the bitter bite of despair. These are ...

With last year’s marvelously sinister “Serena,” set in the early 20th-century logging camps of North Carolina and containing probably the most villainous female character since Lady Macbeth, the ...

The premise for Carlos Brooks’ Burning Bright is so high concept that it’s hard to fathom just who on Earth wouldn’t find themselves immediately excited (or even curious) about seeing it – or, indeed, ...

Ron Rash was born in Chester, South Carolina and grew up in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, and his writing reflects his roots. In “Burning Bright,” Rash pays homage to the land and the people of the ...

"Burning Bright" takes readers into the lives of people living in Appalachia, from the Civil War to the present day. Author Ron Rash captures the poverty, violence and beauty of the region in this ...