McCoy, VA – author, poet and songwriter. Author of The LORD, life and
the mountains and has written about the legend of Devil John of Big Stone
Gap,VA. http://philip-k-church.livejournal.com/
I consider myself to be an Appalachian/Inspirational writer. My first love is poetry and writing lyrics, but I also possess a love for writing about history ( Appalachian history, especially ). I was born, raised, and reside in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia! Within my heritage there includes my famous/infamous great, great grandfather, "Devil" John Wright, his uncle Martin VanBuren Bates, the "Kentucky Giant" ( he was 7' 11" tall & 450+ Lbs. ) - ancestors which the author, John Fox Jr., used to populate his famous novel, "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine," and three generations of "Moonshiners" and mountain feudists!
Philip Church was a student at Solitude at Virginia Tech and studied poetry/Appalachian Literature for several years there @ vt.edu
and later founded the Outlaw Poets Group @ www.facebook.com/groups/officialoutlawpoetry
the mountains and has written about the legend of Devil John of Big Stone
Gap,VA. http://philip-k-church.livejournal.com/
I consider myself to be an Appalachian/Inspirational writer. My first love is poetry and writing lyrics, but I also possess a love for writing about history ( Appalachian history, especially ). I was born, raised, and reside in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia! Within my heritage there includes my famous/infamous great, great grandfather, "Devil" John Wright, his uncle Martin VanBuren Bates, the "Kentucky Giant" ( he was 7' 11" tall & 450+ Lbs. ) - ancestors which the author, John Fox Jr., used to populate his famous novel, "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine," and three generations of "Moonshiners" and mountain feudists!
Philip Church was a student at Solitude at Virginia Tech and studied poetry/Appalachian Literature for several years there @ vt.edu
and later founded the Outlaw Poets Group @ www.facebook.com/groups/officialoutlawpoetry