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Appalachia

Music

A Surprisingly Popular Album of Frog Noises Comes Bellowing Back

Plus more special sounds as Smithsonian Folkways Recordings marks seventy-five years

Travel

An Insider’s Guide to Lexington, Virginia

Blue Ridge bites, picturesque breweries, lush hiking trails, and cool rivers to explore in this Shenandoah Valley gem

Arts & Culture

The Bold and Generous Spirit of Lee Smith

No one has tapped into Southern truths quite like the Virginia-raised author, whose fifteen novels span Appalachia to the Florida Keys. Just ask the legion of writers who praise Smith for guiding their own stories

Food & Drink

An All-Star Appalachian Pork Burger

Slathered with apple-butter-onion-jam and crowned with pickles and slaw, North Carolina’s Over Yonder burger is a taste of the mountain South you can make at home

Books

Why Foxfire Still Resonates

A new book—and a new oral history project—highlight the rural women whose stories continue to shape Appalachia

Arts & Culture

How the Celebrated Food Writer Ronni Lundy Cooked Up a Bookshop

Plott Hound Books is the place to find thoughtfully curated reads—and advice on where to eat while you turn the pages

Arts & Culture

Voices from Appalachia on Storytelling, Stereotypes, and the Truth

A novelist interviews Dopesick writer Beth Macy and the author Silas House, who tells him, “I never trust a writer who doesn’t doubt themselves”

SEVERE WEATHER

Pulled from the Flood

After devastating waters wrecked novelist Silas House’s Eastern Kentucky homeland last week, he worked alongside the helpers—those who refuse to let the voices of Appalachia go under.

Arts & Culture

Fifty Years of Appalachian Arts

Whitesburg, Kentucky’s Appalshop celebrates a milestone of preserving the culture of the Southern mountains

Books

A Photographer’s Ode to the Roots of Country Music

A new book of recovered photos taken on the porches and back roads of Appalachia offers an intimate look at some of traditional Southern music’s early greats

Books

Sean Brock’s New Cookbook and a Foxfire Reissue Sing in Harmony

An Appalachian Duet: Two books to add to your shelf this fall

Arts & Culture

Saving Southern Music

How the bluegrass balladeer and TV host David Holt helps preserve—and move forward—the region’s traditional sounds

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Arts & Culture

Fifty Years of Foxfire

Past students and participants of Foxfire celebrate Appalachian traditions

Food & Drink

Salt of the Earth

From ancient times, the story of Appalachia has in many ways been the story of salt. And whether sprinkled on watermelon or in chili slathered on a hot dog bun, for the Kentucky native and foodways expert Ronni Lundy, it’s the taste of summer in the mountain South

Food & Drink

Appalachian-Style Rösti

A Southern mountain take on a Swiss classic

Food & Drink

Chili Buns and Slaw Dogs

An Appalachian custard stand classic

Food & Drink

A Vanishing Appalachian Bread Tradition

The story of salt-rising bread

Arts & Culture

Finding My Way Home

How two Southern literary giants led a young Appalachian writer to her own voice

Arts & Culture

Ron Rash’s ‘Above the Waterfall’

A poetic tale of crime, violence, and the Appalachian landscape

Food & Drink

Kil’t Greens with Bacon Jam

Chef Ouita Michel serves a versatile version of an Appalachian classic