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DENISE GIARDINA

Articles by Denise Giardina

 

Giardina, Denise. "Appalachian Images: A Personal History."  Back Talk from Appalachia : Confronting Stereotypes. Confronting Appalachian stereotypes. vols. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky,, 2001.

 

---. "A Coal-Field Victory. (Kentucky Referendum)." The Progressive v53.n3 (1989): p14(2).

 

---. "Costly Grace." Sojourners Magazine 32.5 (2003): 58(2).

 

---. "Let Us Be Clear:  Mountaintop Removal Not About Creating Jobs." Charleston Gazette  (2007). October 13, 2007 <http://wvgazette.com/section//200705219>.

 

---. "Saints and Villains. (Includes Commentary)." World and I v13.n6 (1998): p237(10).

 

---. "The Pittston Strike: Solidarity in Appalachia." The Nation v249.n1 (1989): p12(3).

 

---. "True Stories."  Of Fiction and Faith : Twelve American Writers Talk About Their Vision and Work. Ed. W. Dale Brown. vols. Grand Rapids, Mich: W.B. Eerdmans Pub, 1997.

 

 

Giardina, Denise, and Joyce Dyer. "No Scapin the Booger Man."  Bloodroot: Reflections on Place by Appalachian Women Writers. vols. Lexington, KY: UP of Kentucky, 1998. 128-31.

 

Book Reviews

 

Anderson, Belinda. "Finding Fun in a Time-Travel Romp." Bookpage  (2003).  <http://www.bookpage.com/0303bp/denise_giardina.html>.

 

Baumann, Paul. "Executioner's Song." New York Times Book Review 147.51132 (1998): 29.

 

Bilton, Karen T. "Fallam's Secret (Book)." Library Journal 128.2 (2003): 116.

 

---. "Giardina, Denise. Fallam's Secret.(Book Review)(Brief Article)." Library Journal 128.2 (2003): 116(1).

 

Blenkinsopp, H. "Book Reviews: Fiction." Library Journal 117.7 (1992): 121.

 

Blenkinsopp, Heather. "The Unquiet Earth.(Brief Article)." Library Journal v117.n7 (1992): p121(1).

 

Burruel, Lydia. "Good King Harry (Book)." Library Journal 109.6 (1984): 732.

 

Carroll, Mary. "The Unquiet Earth.(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)." Booklist v88.n17 (1992): p1582(2).

 

Collum, Danny Duncan. "The Unquiet Earth." National Catholic Reporter v30.n5 (1993): p33(1).

 

Congdon, Lee. "Saints and Villains." World and I v13.n6 (1998): p247(8).

 

Daly, Mary, and Jeff Mann. "Loving Mountains, Loving Men.(Book Review)." Lambda Book Report 14.1 (2006): 12(2).

 

"Denise Giardina's Saints and Villainsdenise Giardina's Saints and Villains." World & I 13.6 (1998): 237.

"Fallam's Secret (Book)." Kirkus Reviews 71.1 (2003): 10.

 

"Fallam's Secret. (Fiction).(Book Review)(Brief Article)." Publishers Weekly 250.7 (2003): 57(1).

 

"Fallam's Secret. (Fiction).(Book Review)(Brief Article)." Kirkus Reviews 71.1 (2003): 10(1).

 

"Good King Harry.(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)." Booklist  (1984): 1293.

 

Hallsworth, Caroline M. "Saints and Villains.(Brief Article)." Library Journal v123.n4 (1998): p127(1).

 

Johnston, Bonnie. "Saints and Villians." Booklist v94.n12 (1998): p981(1).

 

Kilpatrick, Thomas L. "Storming Heaven (Book)." Library Journal 112.12 (1987): 94.

 

Kimble, Cary. "The Unquiet Earth (Book)." New York Times Book Review 141.49074 (1992): 14.

 

Kubisz, Carolyn. "Fallam's Secret (Book)." Booklist 99.12 (2003): 1047.

 

---. "Giardina, Denise. Fallam's Secret.(Book Review)(Brief Article)." Booklist 99.12 (2003): 1047(1).

 

Long, Priscilla. "The Unquiet Earth." The Women's Review of Books v9.n12 (1992): p19(2).

 

McCarty, Patty. "Saints and Villains." National Catholic Reporter v34.n29 (1998): p37(1).

 

Nelson, F. Burton. "Saints and Villains." Sojourners v27.n6 (1998): p61(3).

 

Parsons, Mike. "Storming Heaven (Book Review)." School Library Journal 34.5 (1988): 97.

 

---. "Storming Heaven.(Young Adult Review)." School Library Journal v34.n5 (1988): p97(1).

 

Robinson, Lillian S. "The Unquiet Earth." The Nation v255.n22 (1992): p816(3).

 

"Saints and Villains.(Book Review)(Brief Article)." Booklist 94.n12 (1998): 981.

 

"Saints and Villains.(Brief Article)." Publishers Weekly v244.n52 (1997): p37(1).

 

"Saints and Villains.(Review)." Sojourners 28.6 (1999): 55.

 

Steinberg, S. "Forecasts: Fiction." Publishers Weekly 239.14 (1992): 64.

 

Steinberg, Sybil. "Forecasts: Fiction." Publishers Weekly 244.52 (1997): 37.

 

---. "Storming Heaven." Publishers Weekly v231 (1987): p266(1).

 

"The Unquiet Earth.(Book Review)." Belles Lettres: A Review of Books by Women 7 (1992): 21.

 

"The Unquiet Earth.(Book Review)(Brief Article)." Tribune Books (Chicago)  (1994): 8.

 

"The Unquiet Earth.(Book Review)(Brief Review)." Tribune Books (Chicago)  (1992): 13.

 

"The Unquiet Earth.(Brief Article)." Publishers Weekly v239.n14 (1992): p64(1).

 

Toolan, David. "Bonhoeffer's Epic Reduced to Melodrama." National Catholic Reporter 34.29 (1998): 37.

 

Zaleski, Jeff. "Fallam's Secret (Book)." Publishers Weekly 250.7 (2003): 57.

 

Books about Denise Giardina

 

Contemporary Authors. Vol. 119, 1987.

 

"Contemporary Authors New Revision Series." 1999. Vol. 72.

 

Contemporary Authors New Revision Series. Vol. 147, 2006.

 

Duke, David C. "Two Appalachians : Don West and Denise Giardina."  Writers and Miners : Activism and Imagery in America. vols. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2002.

 

Articles about Denise Giardina

 

Alouf, Sarah. "Denise Giardina Writer in Residence 2002 "Resurecting Home: Can These Bones Live?"". October 13, 2007. <http://www.shepherd.edu/englweb/giardina/>.

 

Anglin, Marry K. "A Question of Loyalty: National and Regional Identity in Narratives of Appalachia." Anthropological Quarterly 65.3 (1992): 105-16.

 

Cheek, Pauline. "The Call of Place in Denise Giardina's Saints and Villains." Iron Mountain Review  (1999): 22.

 

Cleary, Delores E. B. C. "Oppression, Power, Inequality: An Interdisciplinary Approach." Teaching Sociology 29.1 (2001): 36-47.

 

Clines, Francis X. "King Coal Casts Shadow on Governor's Race." New York Times 150.51554 (2000): A28.

 

Congdon, Lee. "The Cost of Discipleship
the Cost of Discipleship." World & I 13.6 (1998): 247.

 

Conway, Cecelia. "Slashing the Homemade Quilt in Denise Giardina's Storming Heaven." NWSA Journal 11.3 (1999): 138.

 

Crowther, Hal. "Passionate Pilgrim." Oxford American  (2000): 12.

 

Dellinger, Paul. "Festival Showcases Regional Authors: Seventeen Prominent Writers Will Appear at the 25th Annual Appalachian Literary Festival at Emory & Henry College
Festival Showcases Regional Authors: Seventeen Prominent Writers Will Appear at the 25th Annual Appalachian Literary Festival at Emory & Henry College." Roanoke Times, The (VA): Roanoke Times, The (VA), 2006.

 

Douglass, Thomas E. "Denise Giardina." Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review 20.4 (1993): 384-93.

 

Easton, Terry. "Industrialization, Class, and Identity in Denise Giardina's Storming Heaven." Journal of Appalachian Studies 6.1-2 (2000): 151-61.

 

Easton, Terry, et al. "Class and Identity in Denise Giardina's Storming Heaven."  An American Vein: Critical Readings in Appalachian Literature. vols. Athens, OH: Ohio UP, 2005. 296-305.

 

 

Goldfield, Michael. "Worker Insurgency, Radical Organization, and New Deal Labor

Legislation." The American Political Science Review 83.4 (1989): 1257-82.

 

Hickman, Carolyn Neale. "'What to Throw Away/What to Keep': Mobilizing Expressive Culture and Regional Reconstruction in Appalachia." Dissertation Abstracts International, Section A: The Humanities and Social Sciences: U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2000. 2493-93. Vol. 60.

Ken, Ward, Jr. "West Virginia Gubernatorial Candidate Says Coal Dams Should Not Be an Issue
West Virginia Gubernatorial Candidate Says Coal Dams Should Not Be an Issue." Charleston Gazette, The (WV).

 

Lindberg, Laurie. "Denise Giardina: Challenging the Bullies of Appalachia." Iron Mountain Review 15 (1999): 15-21.

 

---. "Llewellyn and Giardina, Two Novels About Coal Mining." Journal of the Appalachian Studies Association 1 (1989): 133-40.

 

Mooney, Stephen D. "'Beyond Measure': An Appreciation of Denise Giardina's Storming Heaven and the Unquiet Earth." Iron Mountain Review 15 (1999): 9-14.

 

Moore, Kathy. "Denise Giardina a Short Biography of West Virginia Writer  Denise Giardina". October 13, 2007. <http://www.as.wvu.edu/engl01/users/students/kmoore/public_html/giardin2.htm>.

 

Nichols, John. "A Novelist Runs for Governor." Progressive 64.11 (2000): 32.

 

Nichols, JOhn. "A Novelist Runs for Governor - Denise Giardina; West Virginia." The Progressive  (2000). October 13, 2007 <http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1295/is_11_64/ai_66762596>.

 

Nichols, John. "A Novelist Runs for Governor.(Denise Giardina; West Virginia)." The Progressive 64.11 (2000): 32.

 

---. "Opening the Debates.(State-Level Campaign Debates)(Brief Article)." The Nation 271.15 (2000): 9.

 

Nix, Rebekah, et al. "Women to Watch." Ms. 11.2 (2001): 12.

 

Oder, Norman. "Denise Giardina: Mining History in W. Va. And Wwii." Publishers Weekly 245.6 (1998): 69-70.

 

---. "Denise Giardina: Mining History in W.Va. & Wwii." Publishers Weekly 245.6 (1998): 69.

 

---. "Denise Giardina: Mining History in W.Va. And Wwii.(Author)(Interview)." Publishers Weekly v245.n6 (1998): p69(2).

 

"Opening Lines from Recently Published Books.(Excerpts from 'Saints and Villains' by Denise Giardina and 'Like a Hole in the Head' by Jen Banbury)(Brief Article)." Entertainment Weekly.n8 (1998): p111(1).

 

Pringle, Michael. "[Untitled]." Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature 59.2 (2005): 126-28.

 

Reid, Robert L. "Denise Giardina Issue." Iron Mountain Review 15 (1999): 2-39.

 

Robinson, Lillian S. "Coal Miners' Daughter." Nation 255.22 (1992): 816-18.

 

Shurbutt, Sylvia Bailey. "Words, Actions, and 'Resurrecting Home': The Fiction of Denise Giardino and the Ethical Imperative." Journal of Kentucky Studies 22 (2005): 110-15.

 

Shurbutt, Sylvia Bailey, Shepherd College. "Denise Giardina." Literary Encyclopedia.

 

Shurr, Georgia Hooks. "Samla and Jncl-Nclis." South Atlantic Review 58.3 (1993): 95-99.

 

Sloan, Bob. "Moving Mountains: The Human Costs of Our Coal Economy.(Cover Story)." Earth Island Journal 22.3 (2007): 44(4). 

 

Interviews with Denise Giardina

 

Anon. "Q & A with Denise Giardina." Oxford American  (2000): 23.

 

Boudreau, Tim. "Fighting Back: Denise Giardina Talks About Storming Heaven." Now and Then 5.1 (1988): 9-10.

 

Brown, W. Dale. "True Stories: A Conversation with Denise Giardina." Carolina Quarterly 47.1 (1994): 4051-51.

 

Brown, W. Dale. "Denise Giardina: True Stories."  Of Fiction and Faith: Twelve American Writers Talk About Their Vision and Work. vols. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1997. 147-58.

 

"Chat with Author Denise Giardina".  1999. Bookclub @ KET. October 13, 2007. <http://www.ket.org/content/bookclub/books/1999_apr/chat.htm>.

 

"Denise Giardina."  Highland Summer Conference, 197-1993 : An Appalachian Anthology8. vols. Radford, Va: Radford University Telecommunications Bureau, 1993.

 

"Denise Giardina".  2004. In Their Own Country. October 13, 2007. <http://wvcenterforthebook.lib.wv.us/In%20Their%20Own%20Country/denise_giardina.htm>.

 

Douglass, Thomas. "Denise Giardina : Resurrecting the Dead, Recognizing the Human."  Appalachia and Beyond : Conversations with Writers from the Mountain South. vols. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2006.

 

---. "Resurrecting the Dead, Recognizing the Human: A Conversation." Iron Mountain Review 15 (1999): 31-38.

 

Douglass, Thomas, and John Lang. "Denise Giardina: Resurrecting the Dead, Recognizing the Human."  Appalachia and Beyond: Conversations with Writers from the Mountain South. vols. Knoxville, TN: U of Tennessee P, 2006. 241-58.