Ron Rash Explores Remorse And Redemption In 'The Risen'

By Charlie Shelton-Ormond,

Published September 15, 2016 at 12:22 PM EDT

For 20 years, Ron Rash has been haunted by the murder of a young woman that took place near his home. Nobody was ever charged in the case.

But over the years, Rash began to think about the two male college students who reportedly last saw her alive. This became the spark for his latest novel (Ecco/2016). The book tells the story of two brothers in Sylva, N.C. whose lives changed after they befriended a free-spirited young woman in the summer of 1969.

Host Frank Stasio talks with about his latest novel and why he does not consider himself a regional author. Rash reads at 7 p.m. Tuesday, September 20 at in Charlotte and at 7 p.m. Wednesday, September 21 at in Asheville. 鈥�

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Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's 瓜神app Director.

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