H.M. Cotton, Author at 100 Days in Appalachia

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Black Lives Matter activists march through Terra Alta, West Virginia, on July 10, 2020. Photo: Chris Jones/100 Days in Appalachia

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The Eastern Kentucky University Counseling Center is housed on campus in the Whitlock Building. Photo: EKU Counseling Center/Facebook

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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., talks on his phone before Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra, speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing, Wednesday, June 9, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Photo: Al Drago/Pool via AP

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Commentary: Poetry Gives Words to the Language of Survival for Appalachians

I live in Birmingham, Alabama, in the shadow of Red Mountain. As far as mountains go, it’s a…

June 3, 2021