Jayne Anne Phillips, author of the highly praised Lark and Termite, tells readers what she liked about growing up in Buckhannon, West Virginia.
I grew up in the dense, verdant Appalachia of the ‘50s and ‘60s. For me, ‘hometown’ refers to a small town, home to generations of family, a place whose history is interspersed with family stories and myths. Buckhannon was a town of 6,500 or so then, nestled in the foothills of the Allegheny Mountains of north-central West Virginia. – from “Buckhannon, West Virginia: the Perfect Birthplace,” by Jayne Anne Phillips, Smithsonian
I grew up in the dense, verdant Appalachia of the ‘50s and ‘60s. For me, ‘hometown’ refers to a small town, home to generations of family, a place whose history is interspersed with family stories and myths. Buckhannon was a town of 6,500 or so then, nestled in the foothills of the Allegheny Mountains of north-central West Virginia. – from “Buckhannon, West Virginia: the Perfect Birthplace,” by Jayne Anne Phillips, Smithsonian