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Two poems that take an unflinching look inside a struggling family in Southern Appalachia.

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A North Carolina poet remembers a long-ago night of young love, interrupted by some ominous figures.

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Appalachian men and women: their weathered hands, the horseshoes over their doors, and the angels that watch over them.

The Word of South Festival, a unique jubilee of the best in Southern writing and music, returns to Tallahassee in April. Once again, Salvation South will host a stage that embodies our cultural mission.

How an Appalachian disowned by his family reckons with loss and belonging

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We were taught the South’s greatest music sprung up in specific places, like the Mississippi Delta or New Orleans or Appalachia. Our teachers didn’t dig deep enough.

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