If you are one of the hundreds of thousands who have read J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy or maybe even one of the 14,344 who have reviewed it on Amazon, you may have been led to believe that Appalachia ...

When JD Vance was asked in August 2016 if he knew many people who planned to vote for Donald Trump, he was unequivocal. “A lot of people in my family, my neighbours and friends from back home. It’s a ...

Do you believe in ghosts? Find out what Appalachian writer Melanie K. Hutsell has to say about the spirit world as it relates to Appalachia as she discusses “Ghosts and Appalachian Literature” along ...

WRITERS GATHER: Along with her husband, writer Trent Thompson, novelist Amy Greene organized the Laughing Heart Literary Festival. The inaugural event spotlights Appalachian authors and gives students ...