WestVirginiaVille
Douglas John ImbrognoA view of life based in the hills of West Virginia, yet often ranging far beyond its borders in space and time. | A multimedia web-magazine edited by DOUGLAS JOHN IMBROGNO with guest contributors.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 169 | Founded | 9 years ago | Last Issue | 32 hours ago |
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10 EPHEMERA, EPIGRAMS & ADDENDUMS
All imagery and text by Douglas John Imbrogno
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WIND-UP CLOCK WISDOM
Nearly 30 years ago, I stayed in Sivali kuti (the monastic word for a cabin in the woods, pronounced COO-tee) at the Bhavana Society Buddhist monastery,...
A TALE TOLD IN ANTLERS
VIDEO: 'DEER ME: A Tale Told in Antlers'
SOUNDTRACK: By Lucas the Flow
PRODUCTION: An AmpMedia.com ‘Naturescape’ for WestVirginiaVille.substack.com
THERE IS THIS FAMILY OF DEER which has been hanging out in my backyard for...
TALKING PAWPAWS
Photo: Indiana Public Media / Flickr
EDITOR’S NOTE
Below is the mother of all pawpaw roundups: a primer on the history of this enigmatic fruit, and two pawpaw-centered poems inspired by West Virginia-based poets which go off in wild...
A ‘Rose’ by Any Other Name
By DOUGLAS JOHN IMBROGNO | WestVirginiaVille.substack.com | Sept. 15, 2026
THIS ONE GOES OUT TO anyone hurting from love, who is lost, lonely, exasperated, needy for the experience, hungry to share their heart or wandering the sprawling pl...
MONASTERY NIGHTS: On the cushion & in the cabin
PHOTOS & WORDS by DOUGLAS JOHN IMBROGNO | September 13, 2026
‘GOOD ADVICE.’ | Bhavana Society Monastery hallway leading to the meditation hall. | Hampshire County, WV | WestVirginiaVille.substack.com | september2026
IN THE DARK after...
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Writer, editor, video crafter & documentarian, sometimes poet, itinerant musician & cat herder, just trying to keep his cigar lit. Publications include WestVirginiaVille; ThroughtheTrees (his folk-chamber ensemble band site); and TheHartoftheMatter.
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