Oil’s nature, the fact that it is everywhere, unctuously oozing into every corner of everyday life, means that it constantly spills over out of our existing forms, genres, and systems, demanding accommodation. To try to contain it, we create new forms—petroforms.

The Keep—the term for “the strongest or central tower of a castle, acting as a final refuge”—is a love letter to an unexpected place and adopted lifestyle in Appalachia by a husband and wife.

Morris explores the song “Take Me Home, Country Roads” in various contexts such as it pertains to West Virginia geography and heritage and the diversity of these beliefs, external perceptions of the state, and the song as a phenomenon across different media platforms.

An engrossing account of technological innovation and business conducted at high speed, showing how the invention of the cable modem engendered the modern revolution in broadband Internet access over a ubiquitous, existing cable television infrastructure.

How a rocky start with the WVU Mountaineers shaped Bobby Bowden into one of the greatest football coaches in NCAA history.

A critical examination of American small-town narratives contrasted with lived experiences.

Campanioni blends memoir, cultural criticism, and history while mobilizing the intensely personal to explore the very specific cultural issue of contemporary exile.

A keywords-style reference of over 100 contemporary terms on energy and environmental politics connects historical injustices with current environmental crises.

A keywords-style reference of over 100 contemporary terms on energy and environmental politics connects historical injustices with current environmental crises.

Over forty poems about Appalachia and contemporary West Virginia from the state poet laureate.

The first extensive study devoted to leading contemporary Irish poet Paula Meehan.

This debut novel by a Ghanaian writer answers the question, “When the souls of enslaved Black people flew away to freedom, where did they go?” with a queer Black femme take on traditional African religions and Vodou, highlighting the interdependence of magic and freedom. 

This first critical edition of William Delisle Hay’s novel introduces readers to the earliest tale of urban apocalypse and environmental devastation through a curated collection of historical excerpts and contemporary scholarly discussions of global warming, colonialism, public health, and the Anthropocene.

2024 Weatherford Award Winner, Nonfiction

Through the essays, letters, and artwork created by people in prison, this collection provides insight into the Appalachian Prison Book Project—a nonprofit that provides books to incarcerated people in West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, and Maryland.

2025 PEN America Finalist, Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection

2025 National Book Award Honoree, "5 Under 35"