Ron Rash, Bestselling Author, Talks about The Caretaker and the Stories, Voices, and Places that Inspire His Writing

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Bestselling author and western North Carolinian Ron Rash joins me to talk about his latest novel, The Caretaker. We also get into some of his other works, the importance of voice and dialect (he contributed to Part II of the Talking Appalachian book), cemeteries, and family stories.

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