When J.D. Vance released his memoir Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis in 2016, it came out to rave reviews and cutting criticism. Even as it hit No. 1 on the New York Times ...

JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (WJHL) – Appalachian Books and Blessings started right after Hurricane Helene, aiming to create something positive for the community by bringing new and gently used books to areas ...

When Erica Abrams Locklear discovered her Appalachian grandmother’s cookbook, she was shocked by what she found. It was filled with recipes for “traditional” mountain foods like apple stack cake and ...

Appalachian Books & Blessings, a small nonprofit project based in Jonesborough, is working to establish a community shed filled with free books and produce, but zoning restrictions have put the ...

“A lot of times you’ll see on movies or in books, they’ll portray Appalachia as a place that you have to escape, you have to get out.” Whitney Johnson can’t imagine living anywhere else. Eastern ...