BOONE, N.C. — The Spring and Summer 2025 issue of Cold Mountain Review (vol. 52, no. 2) is now available. The issue is the second under new editorial leadership:
Editor: Dr. Kathryn Kirkpatrick, professor in the Department of English
Managing Editor: Matthew Wimberley, lecturer in the Department of English
Assistant Editor: Grace Buckner '24, graduate student in the Literary Studies program
Production Assistance: Natalie Foreman, Open Access Publishing Manager in University Libraries
In December, Cold Mountain Review was relaunched as a biannual publication available through University Libraries as an open access journal and featuring print-on-demand copies through University of North Carolina (UNC) Press.
The latest iteration of the 52-year-old literary journal, among the oldest in continuous publication in North Carolina, draws inspiration from the vision of its founding editor, R.T. Smith. Dr. Kirkpatrick writes in her editor's note, "This issue of Cold Mountain Review marks the passing of one of our founders, R.T. Smith. As an editor he was best known for stewarding Washington and Lee’s literary journal, Shenandoah, to national prominence; we remember him at Appalachian State University as an M.A. student in the early 1970s who made from scratch a publication still determined to thrive over 50 years later. We’ve gathered tributes here from students, colleagues, and friends. What shines through in the memories of others is R.T.’s fierce commitment to the literary arts, his own vast multi-genre talents, and his capacity for rich, enduring friendships. Always a friend to those of us at Cold Mountain Review, he will be deeply missed by many."
In addition to tributes to Smith, the issue includes works by 14 poets and two creative nonfiction authors.
The cover features “Grapes,” a polaroid photograph captured by cultural icon Andy Warhol in 1981. The photograph was donated by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. to the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts and is included in the center's permanent collection.
To view the digital edition of the latest issue of Cold Mountain Review, visit coldmountainreview.appstate.edu/current-issue. A print copy of this issue will be available from UNC Press this summer.
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By Lauren Gibbs
May 14, 2025
BOONE, N.C.
The cover of the Spring and Summer 2025 issue of Cold Mountain Review (vol. 52, no. 2) features “Grapes,” a polaroid photograph captured by cultural icon Andy Warhol in 1981. The photograph was donated by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. to the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts and is included in the center's permanent collection.
The cover of the Spring and Summer 2025 issue of Cold Mountain Review (vol. 52, no. 2) features “Grapes,” a polaroid photograph captured by cultural icon Andy Warhol in 1981. The photograph was donated by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. to the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts and is included in the center's permanent collection.