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 ...

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 ...

The Historical Poetry of Frank X Walker,” Dr. Kristine Yohe is taking another step in her career to educate everyone she can on the importance of Black literature. It will be the first book to examine ...

Cozy up this fall with our picks for the best fiction, nonfiction and celebrity memoirs Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she writes for both print and digital ...

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 ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Summer is heating up with these hot new books Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she writes for both print ...

Editor’s note: Neema Avashia is a regular contributor to Cognoscenti. She’s written several pieces for us over the years, mostly on topics related to education and identity. She’s out with a new book ...

“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 ...

Whitney Johnson can’t imagine living anywhere else. Eastern Kentucky, and more specifically Lawrence County, is home and she’s proud of that — so much so she has the word “Appalachian” tattooed on her ...