Student Submission: Stories Bring Us Together
"Stories Bring Us Together" by Callie Creech. Growing up in Appalachia means growing up being told hundreds of folk tales and stories in...
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- Mar 28
Student Submission: The Appalachian Way
When you hear the word “Appalachian,” the words “redneck” or “hillbilly”, often follow or are considered synonymous. In most portrayals,...
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- Mar 21
Student Submission: Within the Mountains
Produced by Rebekah McAuley and Abigail McDougal. “Within the Mountains" highlights ways that Appalachian people have historically and...
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- Mar 14
Student Submission: From the Other Side of the Water
Produced by Hanna Maggard, Halle Kincer, and Skyler Holbrook. This podcast gives insight into the personal experiences of three students...
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- Mar 7
Student Submission: Lost Appalachian Culture
Growing up and living in Appalachia is a unique experience. The culture here is unlike any other when it comes to food, family...
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- Feb 28
Student Submission: Ursula Cornett, German Immigrant to Appalachia
Video produced by Allie Cornett. Ursula Cornett, German Immigrant to Appalachia describes Ursula’s journey to Eastern Kentucky and her...
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- Feb 21
Student Submission: Appalachian Food Culture
Video produced by Colby Amburgey. Appalachian Food Culture is a video that discusses the importance of food in Appalachia. Our community...
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- Aug 17, 2022
Guest Post: The Floods of '22
When we tell our young folks about “The Floods of ‘22,” we won’t be able to tell them how our government sent in aid to help us. We won’t...
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- Dec 1, 2020
Guest Post: Learning About Appalachian Stereotypes
In third grade, we had a student teacher that taught historical facts and timelines of Johnson Co. (our home county) and she taught...
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- Oct 12, 2020
Guest Post: Frankie Sue Best
Note: This essay is an excerpt from a small booklet about the life story of Frankie Sue Best, complied by Steward Caffey and Masoud...
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- Sep 28, 2020
Guest Post: Kentucky Is My Fate
Shortly after I moved to South Carolina in 2018, I made a Spotify playlist filled with songs either about Kentucky or by Kentucky...
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- Sep 17, 2020
Guest Post: Sustainability and Economic Growth in Appalachia
Nathan Hall has always had a connection to his home in Eastern Kentucky, and now he's working to create innovative opportunities for the...
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- Sep 7, 2020
Guest Post: From the Front Porch, 1955
Although now incorporated into the Pikeville City Limits and with access to city water, sewage, and other public amenities, in 1955,...
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- Sep 1, 2020
Guest Post: Growing Up Appalachia Proud on Island Creek
Growing up on Island Creek in Pikeville, KY, my sister and I had the best childhood ever. No, seriously, it was almost magical. For one,...
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- Aug 27, 2020
Guest Post: Split Dogs and Skunk Funerals
My husband told me about a dog he had when he was a boy. The dog had Beagle ears and body with a Chihuahua head, legs and tail. It yapped...
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- Aug 26, 2020
Guest Post: The Jackknife
No one owned a pocket knife in the mountains of Appalachia; almost every man and boy carried a jackknife. It was a youngster’s rite of...
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- Aug 25, 2020
Guest Post: The Hundred Year Flood
Anyone who lived in Pike County in 1957 can tell you a story about the great flood of that year. We lived just a few miles north of town,...
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- Aug 24, 2020
Guest Post: A Prayer of Sounds and Silence
Tonight I sat alone in church listening for His voice A tranquility interrupted by the wailing horn of a northbound coal train winding...
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- Aug 16, 2020
Guest Post: Why I Never Left Appalachia
From the editor: Tipper has been writing about all things Appalachian on her blog Blind Pig and the Acorn since 2008 and recently started...
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- Aug 12, 2020
Guest Post: Reconciling My Immigrant Roots and Appalachian Upbringing
From the editor: This essay was originally published by Krishna on Medium in 2019. Most holidays, I go home to a small town nestled in...
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