Now, Appalachia interview with author Rose McLarney
From "Now, Appalachia" by Eliot Parker
May 6, 2026 · 33 min
About this episode
Eliot Parker interviews author Rose McLarney about her essay collection RUBBLE MASONRY and her poetry works.
On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews author Rose McLarney about her newest essay collection RUBBLE MASONRY. Rose's collections of poems are Colorfast, Forage, and Its Day Being Gone, winner of the National Poetry Series, from Penguin Books, as well as The Always Broken Plates of Mountains, published by Four Way Books. She is co-editor of A Literary Field Guide to Southern Appalachia, from University of Georgia Press, and the journal Southern Humanities Review. Rose grew up in the mountains of western North Carolina and, at present, is Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Auburn University.
People in this episode
Host: Eliot Parker
Guest: Rose McLarney
Topics covered
- interview
- creative writing
- poetry
- Appalachia
- literature
- essay collection
Keywords
- Rose McLarney
- RUBBLE MASONRY
- poetry
- Appalachia
- creative writing
- literature
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: University of Georgia Press, Southern Humanities Review, Auburn University
Books & works: RUBBLE MASONRY, Colorfast, Forage, Its Day Being Gone, The Always Broken Plates of Mountains
Places: western North Carolina
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