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Appalachia is a vast region, filled with diverse people who draw their cultural expressions from their family histories, their community environments and the land on which they live, influenced but not defined by the region as a whole. Here, we explore the unique traditions and cultural implications present throughout the Appalachian region, in topics including food, music, art, language and more.
Mandelo’s Debut Novel ‘Summer Sons’ Explores Gender, Fuel and Ghosts in the Blood
Gasoline is undead. Petro-masculinity is a revenant. These hills run thick with ghosts. Since fuel is a crucible…
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…
Are Appalachian Foodways at Risk of Being Lost Forever?
As a kid, I delighted in grossing out my elementary school classmates with details of how my lower-income,…
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…
Virginia Band Bridges Mexico and Appalachia through Mexilachian Music
With Spanglish lyrics, the pluck of a banjo and strum of a guitarra de son, music by Charlottsville’s Lua Project is hard…
Commentary: How Appalachia Educated This Transplant Turned Advocate
I grew up in a suburb of Cleveland in the 1950s and 1960s where in school we learned…