Bibliography and Related Resources

• The river hills and beyond : poems / Lou V. Crabtree ; [with introduction by Lee Smith]
  Abingdon, VA : Sow's Ear Press, 1998
• Sweet Hollow : stories / by Lou V. Crabtree
  Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 1984
• Appalachia inside out, vol. 2: "Conflict and Change," / editors, Robert J. Higgs, Ambrose N. Manning, Jim Wayne Miller ; associate editors, Laura L. Higgs ... [et al.].
  Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c1995
• "Paradise in Price Hollow," Lou Crabtree. Bloodroot : reflections on place by Appalachian women writers / Joyce Dyer, editor.
  Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c1998
• "What Kind of Egg Are You? A profile of Lou crabtree," Judy K. Miller. Her words : diverse voices in contemporary Appalachian women's poetry / edited by Felicia Mitchell. Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c2002
• "Lou V.P Crabtree, Virginia Laureate in Literature," an interview by Judy K. Miller. The Historical Society of Washington County, VA. Bulletin, Series II, No, 38 (2001)]
• "In her own words: for Lou Crabtree, writing is a way of making sense of her life," Beth Macy. Roanoke Times & World News, Sunday, September 20, 1992 [Extra (1, 10)]
• "An Abingdon Treasure: Author Lou Crabtree reflects on her life & works," Carol Fields. Washington County News, Wednesday, March 31, 1999 (5E)]
• "Porches in Paradise," Jeanne Johnson. RU Magazine: the magazine of Radford University, Radford, Va.: Radford University, Office of Public Information and Relations, May, 1999
• Dimestore: a writer's life / Lee Smith. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, c.2016
• Lou Crabtree reading "Salvation." Online: youtu.be/wAA042ljbKE. Contributor, Lawrence Reynolds
• A Simple Geologic History of Southwest Virginia / Collins Chew (self-published, 2009)
• "Lou V. Crabtree," interviewed by Edwin T. Arnold. Interviewing Appalachia: the Appalachian Journal interviews, 1978-1992 / eds. J.W. Williamson and Edwin T. Arnold. Knoxvile, TN.: University of Tennessee Press (c. 1994)

Acknowledgements

• "Smith Creek No.1," "Smith Creek No. 2," "Salvation," and portions of the Introduction, Reprinted from The River Hills & Beyond (Sow's Ear Press, 1998) by permission of The Sow's Ear Press and The Sow's Ear Poetry Review.
• Image of Lou Crabtree, "Lou's Hands," from W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Special Collections, Appalachian State University, Boone, N.C. and used by permission of the photographer, Lora Gordon.

Thanks to Lee Smith, Beth Macy, Joyce Dyer, Judy Miller, and Lora Gordon, for permission to quote or use images from their works (both published and unpublished), and for their enthusiastic support for this project.
I'd like to thank Randy Smith, Volunteer extraordinaire and expert on a variety of topics, for useful insights into Native American culture.

Dedicated to the memory of Sophia "Sophie" Smith, another remarkable woman from Appalachia.