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Affrilachian Poet Bernard Clay Discusses New Collection ‘English Lit’ and His Appalachian Roots from an Urban Upbringing
Published in August of this year, “English Lit” is Bernard Clay’s autobiographical poetry debut – one that took…
Q&A: Kentucky Documentary-Maker Starts Zine That Evokes Memories of an Appalachian Home
In the forward for Familiar Paths, Vol. 1, photographer and documentary filmmaker Jared Hamilton says, “This series is…
‘A Union for Appalachian Healthcare Workers’: W.Va. Author’s New Book Recounts History Amid Resurgence of Labor Organizing
In his new book “A Union for Appalachian Healthcare Workers: The Radical Roots and Hard Fights of Local…
Alabama Poet Laureate Ashley Jones is Youngest, First Black Poet Named to Post
Ashley M. Jones is attempting to change the way the Alabama literary scene is perceived from the inside…
‘There Was A Code of Silence’: Re-Release of Oral Histories as Book Marks Centennial of Pivotal Battle of Blair Mountain
Fifty years ago, Anne Lawrence found herself travelling from her college classrooms on the campus of Swarthmore College…
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…