"Hillbilly Elegy," which drew ire from critics who thought the book portrayed Appalachians as lazy and oversimplified the complex history of the area. But scholars and people from Appalachia told ...

Terra Vance is a distant cousin of Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance, and has garnered an online following for her lessons on Appalachia. Critical of how he portrays the region in his ...

Mountain areas can be especially vulnerable to rain ... The mismatch between coverage and exposure is especially stark in Appalachia, where rainfall – not ocean waves – poses the biggest ...

politicians and those with a platform to uplift the area. Readers of “Hillbilly Elegy” have heard Vance’s message: I escaped Appalachia. Because of Appalachia, I have lived a wonderful life ...

In this excerpt from “Beginning Again,” Nikki Giovanni offers an ode to the great people who call Appalachia home. I will raise my eyes to the mountains; from where will my help come? My help comes ...