

The Dogwood Years
Readings From Salvation South by The Writers & Poets of Salvation South
S2026
Jul 31, 2026
00:55
Episode notes
Emma Galloway Stephens reads her powm “The Dogwood Years.”
Emma Galloway Stephens is a neurodivergent poet and professor from the Appalachian foothills of South Carolina. Her poems have appeared in Red Branch Review, The Christian Century, Door is a Jar, Salvation South, and many others. She's the author of No Billboard Gospel (Solum Literary Press, 2026).
Keywords
Appalachia
Southern poetry
faith
women-poets
southern-memory
childhood
appalachian-poetry
audio-poem
emma-galloway-stephens
fathers-and-daughters
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