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Commentary: A Coming of Age Reflection on Masculinity, Asexuality in the Mountain South
By all marks, I meet Hank Williams Jr.’s Southern standards in his famous song “A Country Boy Can…
A New Generation of Appalachian Jewish Farmers Is Going Way Back to the Land
In English, the Hebrew word “yesod” (pronounced yeh-sode) translates to “foundation.” Given its multiple layers of meaning, it’s…
On Kwanzaa and Kuumba with Birmingham’s Deidra Clark
On the list of winter holidays, Kwanzaa is the youngest, first celebrated just five decades ago. But it’s…
In Knott County, KY, Gingerbread Is Remembered For Its Connection to Local Politics
In her cozy kitchen in Hindman, Kentucky, LaRue Laferty watches over her teenage grandson, Jaxon Conley, as he…
Musicians are Workers, Too: Inside the Knoxville Symphony’s Struggle for Pandemic Pay
One chilly October morning in Knoxville, Tennessee, a strange sound floated across the Gay Street viaduct. Alongside the…
Commentary: Critics Love the Book, Hate the Movie. What Gives with ‘Hillbilly Elegy’?
Film critics have had nary a good word to say about Netflix’s new movie “Hillbilly Elegy.” Reviewers varyingly…