A short story by Robert Morgan
By Robert Morgan | The police quit looking for me. They gave up and pretended I was no longer hiding on the island. It was about a year ...
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Aug 125 min read
Finale with a Flourish
By Donna Davis | Over the river and through the woods is a land of horses, Virginia’s two tallest mountains, and ambivalent cell phone ...
Aug 128 min read
Bluegrass ‘Joy’ is a Summer Camp
By Mark Rutledge | When 15-year-old Jamison Smith arrived at East Tennessee State University’s first ever Bluegrass Summer Camp in July ...
Aug 125 min read
Grandmother’s quilting box opens connection through shared passion
By Sandra Laws | Jackie Paxton Rose never knew her grandmother, but when her mother passed away in 2018, she inherited a box that would ...
Aug 126 min read
Jewish in Appalachia
By P.B. Cooley | Jewish liturgical poetry sung to Appalachian Mountain music may sound like something out of a Christopher Guest film...
Aug 1215 min read
From the Vault: ‘Now & Then’
By Patrick Sloan | The radio was the hearth around which our family and neighbors gathered on those stark, winter nights in the 1950s...
May 2811 min read
African American contributions to the Appalachian bluegrass of Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Buck Graves, and others
By Jack Tottle | History. Does it repeat itself? Sometimes. Kind of. Earlier this year, Texas-born Beyoncé’s country single “Texas Hold...
May 2810 min read
Appalachia’s other company towns
By Thomas E. Wagner and Phillip J. Obermiller | The Industrial Revolution led corporations to build towns near their factories, sources...
May 284 min read
I Carry the Mountains with Me Wherever I Go: Remembering Fred Chappell
By Jesse Graves | Imagine for a moment, a boy and his father building an ornate wooden bridge over a backyard creek, conceived as a...
May 2811 min read
Dick Gaughan’s ‘Handful of Earth’: Deep roots in other people’s soil
By Ted Olson | Among the most influential folk musicians living in the U.K. today, Dick Gaughan was born Richard Peter Gaughan in Glasgow...
May 283 min read
Students of traditional Appalachian music spend time with bluegrass royalty
By Mark Rutledge | There is a long history of bluegrass legends stopping by East Tennessee State University to teach, make music with...
May 286 min read
Tennessee Mountain Writers conference celebrates 35 years of sharing creative skills and energy
By Lacy Snapp | “We all drove through gaps to get here,” writer Jim Minick said during the April 4 kickoff reception for the 2024....
Feb 178 min read
Bill Monroe’s bluegrass — Black and white music intertwined
By Jack Tottle | The "Father of Bluegrass Music” often spoke frankly and eloquently about the indispensable role of African American
Feb 177 min read
Tim Stafford planning year two of Artist in Residence term at ETSU
By Mark Rutledge | It could be said that the title of Artist in Residence for East Tennessee State University’s Bluegrass, Old-Time, and ...
Feb 1711 min read
Appalachian books and picket lines: A conversation with George Brosi
By Ron Roach | Next month, as the Appalachian Studies Association will hold its 47th Annual Conference at Western Carolina University, we...
Feb 177 min read
From Iran to Appalachia: A journey in rural health care
By Jason Soong | Dr. Fereshteh Gerayli can speak with authority about the fact that rural communities around the globe face similar ...
Feb 179 min read
Research study: Leadership, community volunteers, festivals, marketing help to lift distressed Appalachian counties
By Mark Sarver | In Franklin County, Alabama, near the state’s northwest corner, there is a story of resilience and revival among a ...
Nov 28, 202310 min read
The 1950s: Appalachia invades the nation’s capital — peacefully
By Jack Tottle | As a high school kid in Washington, D.C., during the early 1950s, I fell in love with Appalachia. I’d barely been there...
Nov 28, 202315 min read
Lilley Cornett Woods: The Hill Country’s Legacy
By Scott Honeycutt | We had been walking up trail for five minutes, when a loud snap and crackle began on the ridge above us. As I looked...
Nov 28, 20231 min read
Experience The Warrior’s Canvas & Women Veteran’s Art Exhibit
By Appalachian Places staff | Lots of color and expressions of art and culture was on display at The Women Veteran’s Art Exhibit on Aug. 25.
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