Black Bear Creek
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Tucked away in a remote hollow of West Virginia’s Coal River Valley, lies the town of Black Bear Creek, well past its glory days, and ravaged by the mining industry on which its people depend. The characters in Joshua Cross’s debut story collection struggle to survive against rampant poverty while their drinking water is poisoned and the mountains around them are stripped away. Spanning decades, these are stories of couples who marry too young because they have no other choice. Of life shattering injuries inflicted by the dangers of working in the mines. Of wounded men and women forced to be so hard they are frequently surprised by their own vulnerability. And despite the bleak backdrop of the only home many of these characters will ever know, these are stories about how they find ways to love and hope and fight.
Black Bear Creek was originally published by Southeast Missouri State University Press.
Publication Date
2021
Publisher
Black Lawrence Press
Disciplines
Creative Writing | English Language and Literature
Recommended Citation
Cross, Joshua, "Black Bear Creek" (2021). CCU Faculty Books. 102.
https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/faculty-books/102
ISBN
978-1733015318
Comments
Fiction