Karen Spears Zacharias2018 Appalachian Heritage Writer in Residence

Critical Essay

• The Search for Kinship: The Fiction of Karen Spears Zacharias

Teaching Resources

• Burdy Assignment
• Christian Bend Assignment
• Mother of Rain Chapter Questions for teachers
• Rain Assignment

Links and Research Sources

• In Appalachia, Some Combat Veterans are Turning to Farming After War: Here's Why
• Ken Burns' The Vietnam War
• Remembering Vietnam, National Archives Link
• Smithsonian: Children of the Vietnam War
• Mayo Clinic: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
• Bayeux, France
• Normandy Invasion
• D-Day History Channel
• Appalachian Studies and Culture Links
• Opinion: The Lost Father
• After the Flag (formerly Hero Mama): C-Span
• Mother of Rain: Springer Opera House

Sponsors

• The WV Center for the Book
• Appalachian Studies Program at Shepherd University
• Shepherd University Foundation
• Performing Arts Series at Shepherd