Appalachia

Almost two months after the hurricane, ATC president Sandi Marra discusses the long road to recovery and shares ways to help 

“Above all, your presence shows that the outside world cares” 

A new initiative offers direct support to guides and outfitters in the Southern Appalachians

After Helene, farmers have been supporting one another, but food and fencing are still desperately needed in agricultural communities 

A struggling county in rural North Carolina is leaning on community. A new addition provides one fluffy ray of hope.

Plus, three springtime recipes from “Affrilachian” writer Crystal Wilkinson’s beautiful new cookbook

The Asheville chef is up for an Outstanding Restaurant James Beard award and coming out with his first cookbook. We caught up with him on thoughtful cooking, foraging, and Benton’s ham

The host of George Mason University’s “The Green Tunnel” podcast shares surprising perspectives from the first three seasons

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

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

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

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

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

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

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”

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.

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

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

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

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