

From Transylvania to the Blue Ridge: Parallel mountain landscapes and common challenges
By Ron R. Roach | The small mountain communities of Butler, Tennessee, and Rosia Montana, Romania, are more than 5,000 miles apart, but ...
Mar 198 min read


100 years ago: World War I veteran’s photo album returns to Appalachia
By Mark Rutledge and Ophelia Thornton | A century-old photo album that traveled from the nation’s eastern mountains to the Mid-West...
Mar 1913 min read


Pottery transports stories of torn communities, divided loyalties
By E.J. Swatsell | Throughout history, human existence has been recorded by material culture — the physical objects, spaces, and ...
Mar 196 min read


Harmony in Hardship: Music in Response to Crisis in Appalachia
By Lydia Hamby | In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene’s devastating impact on many Appalachian communities in Western North Carolina and ...
Mar 197 min read


A short story by Geraldine Glodek
By Geraldine Glodek | Ronan Doyle, born in 1919, was a curious five-year-old packed into a coal-company home with his immigrant ...
Mar 197 min read