Background
Lou Crabtree was born on March 13, 1913 in Washington County, Virginia, United States, into the family of Benjamin Franklin and Lula (Buckley) Price.
Radford University, Radford, Virginia, United States
Lou studied at Radford University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science (cum laude) in 1932.
Radford University, Radford, Virginia, United States
Lou studied at Radford University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science (cum laude) in 1932.
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Sweet Hollow tells of life in the hills of Appalachia some fifty years ago, a primal world of craggy hills and tangled forests where good and evil, charity and malice exist in their purest forms. If the pleasures of men, women, and children in these seven stories are simple, the ills and misfortunes that beset them are equally forthright and undiluted. There is beauty in the ridges and ponds, and grace in the flights of birds overhead; but nature also bestows lessons of cruelty and can, without warning, turn tormentor. There is magic and holiness in these hills, but there is also witchcraft and the hoofprint of the devil.
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Lou Crabtree was born on March 13, 1913 in Washington County, Virginia, United States, into the family of Benjamin Franklin and Lula (Buckley) Price.
Lou studied at Radford University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science (cum laude) in 1932. Apart from that, she attended American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Faegin School of Dramatic Arts, King College, College of William and Mary, University of Virginia, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
After graduation, Lou V. Crabtree began her teaching career which had lasted for 36 years. During her active life, she also farmed, directed the Rock of Ages Band, conducted regional auditions for the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, co-directed a bicentennial play, and lectured on various subjects. Her first book, a collection of short stories entitled Sweet Hollow, was published by LSU Press in 1983, in her 70th year.
Crabtree was an esteemed teacher, poet, and writer. Many of her writings have received nominations and awards. For instance, her first publication, "Sweet Hallow", published by LSU Press in 1984, was nominated for the Weatherford, the Lillian Smith, and the PEN/Faulkner Awards and winner of the Highlands Festival Award for Creative Writing.
In 1988 she was declared a "Laureate in Literature" by the Commonwealth of Virginia, and a one-woman show based on her stories and poems was presented by Cleo (Partington) Holliday at the Barter Theatre, and later toured throughout the S.
Her collection of poetry, "The River Hills and Beyond", published by Sow's Ear Press in 1998, won best work of poetry at the second annual Library of Virginia Literary Awards Celebration in 1999.
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1984In addition to her literary legacy of Appalachian works, Crabtree's later writing concerned another of her favorite subjects, outer space.
Quotations:
“Always interested in the human condition, I write today equally at home in the Siberian forest, in Saigon, or at the foot of Mt. Fuji, where women go to commit suicide. Currently, I write of women who live with boyfriends and black women left out when black men choose white women. I also write space poetry. Space discoveries do not hurt religion, but magnify God’s magnimity. I was given the name Lisa-wa-ga-a-gr, Grandmother Wolf Woman, and adopted by the Cherokee Indian tribe because I write Indian literature."
“Words more than bullets are most important for peace and to end wars.”
Quotes from others about the person
She comes very much out of a mountain background, but is very well educated. She returned to her home community after college, bringing new perceptions, which she has the ability to articulate.
Lou married Homer Crabtree on February 2, 1942 and the couple had five children: Hugh, Jerry, George, Bonnie Sitz, and Sara Taylor Crabtree.
