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Commentary: In Appalachia, Women are the Change Our Communities Need
In the summer of 2018, my hometown town of Clarksburg, West Virginia, seemed to be experiencing a major…
Commentary: As COVID-19 Separates Appalachians, Art Can Bring Us Back Together
Art has been my close companion since I was a child. What began as a simple dance class…
How To Be an Authentic Hillbilly
Who has the right to tell the story of a place? My friend Jeremy B. Jones is a…
Guitars, Jobs and Music: Startup Business Hopes to Build on Mountain Traditions
A nonprofit school of luthiery in Eastern Kentucky is helping develop an instrument-building company that will build the…
Mountains Piled Upon Mountains: Appalachian Self-Reflections
Living in the mountains of Appalachia, the nature that surrounds us often becomes a mere backdrop. We expect…
Truth, Imagination, and Vulnerability: The All-American Town Photobook
“We can concern ourselves with presence rather than with phantom, image rather than with conjure. Bad as it…