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In her new book 'Appalachia on the Table: Representing Mountain Food and People,' Erica Abrams Locklear explores how literary representations of Appalachian food have colored our view of the region's people.

Though they’re about 5,000 miles apart, Appalachia has a lot in common with Ukraine, especially the rugged Carpathian Mountains in the western side of the country. A group of scholars has been exploring the parallels between the two regions for years.

Reimagine Appalachia wants to see a large, New Deal-like federal effort to fund green initiatives in the Ohio Valley. But can the idea get through tough budget battles in Congress?

Like the book that inspired it, the film version of J.D. Vance's Hillbilly Elegy is drawing mixed reactions from people who grew up in the Appalachian…

The Mountain Minor is a film that explores how eastern Kentuckians who migrated to the Cincinnati area brought their unique music with them. Lee Hay…

Donald Trump promised coal miners: "You're going to be working your asses off!" º£½ÇÉçÇø spent more than a year in the coal counties of central Appalachia and found hope, cynicism and some surprises.

For the first time in its 41 years, the annual Appalachian Studies Association Conference will be held in Cincinnati from April 5-8. The Urban Appalachian…

Miami University-Hamilton will present a series of events designed to celebrate the Appalachian and Bluegrass heritage of our area. Elaine Diehl gets a…

Appalachia is a cultural region in the eastern United States; its varied inhabitants settled in the hills and mountains of southwest New York to northern…

Roberta Schultz has a review of Walk Till the Dogs Get Mean: Meditations on the Forbidden from Contemporary Appalachia, edited by Adrian Blevins and Karen…