Celebrating, Honoring, And Valuing Rich Traditions The History of the Ohio Appalachian Arts Program

Wayne Rapp is a freelance writer whose nonfiction has appeared in such publications as Ohio Connections, Stone in America, Slippery Rock Gazette, The Columbus Dispatch, The Catholic Times, and AirFare. One of his pieces, Lessons from Underground,” is part of the Bottom Dog Press collection Writing Work: Writers on Working Class Writing. His fiction has appeared in a variety of publications, including Grit, Thema, The Americas Review, Vincent Brothers Review, the Bottom Dog Press Anthology, Working Hard for the Money, and the Fall Creek Press series, VeriTales. His short story, In the Time of Marvel and Confusion,” published by High Plains Literary Review, was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. He has completed a collection of Border Stories called Burnt Sienna, and his fiction has twice been honored with Individual Artist Fellowships from the Ohio Arts Council.Rapp, Wayne is the author of 'Celebrating, Honoring, And Valuing Rich Traditions The History of the Ohio Appalachian Arts Program', published 2006 under ISBN 9780977630035 and ISBN 097763003X.