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A poem about the springtime rituals of a Southern home.

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With the publication of his seventh novel, “Lark Ascending,” the Appalachian writer tells a riveting tale set in a frightening future, but he’s also hard at work on reckoning with — and reconciling — the conflicting facts of his mountain home.

This week, we celebrate two Southern icons—one whose name is universally known, and one who’s not so familiar.

From his perch in the mountains of Northeast Alabama, Stephen Smith sees hope for people who find themselves in the middle of today’s political debate.

Old ways of preserving food run deep in the culture of Appalachia. It turns out that preserving life requires the same principles.

There was a time in Hudson, North Carolina, when a man would never walk into a beauty shop. But one day, in 1973, one did.

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A North Florida cattleman looks back and wonders, what happens when you can no longer afford to love the thing you love the most?

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