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Appalachian Resources

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Journal of Appalachian Health

The Journal of Appalachian Health (“JAH”) is a fully peer-reviewed, open-access journal centered on the health and well-being of people living in the 13-state, 423-county region of Appalachia—and in other resource-limited settings. The Journal is available without charge to authors and readers, who are welcome to use the information within it to improve well-being across the region and in comparable regions across the globe. We work from within the region to publish information by and for the people of Appalachia. The Journal receives generous financial support from the Appalachian Regional Commission.

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Appalachian Journal

Appalachian Journal, founded in 1972, is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed quarterly featuring field research, roundtable discussions, interviews, first-person essays, and scholarly studies of history, politics, economics, culture, folklore, literature, music, ecology, and a variety of other topics, as well as poetry, photography, and reviews of books, films, and recordings dealing with the region of the Appalachian mountains.

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The Talking Appalachian Podcast

Host/producer Dr. Amy Clark, University of Virginia's College at Wise. Available on all podcast platforms.

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You Tube: The Talking Appalachian Podcast

Appalshop

Since 1969, Appalshop has been using storytelling to illustrate what’s possible in Appalachia. Based in Eastern Kentucky, Appalshop is a film workshop, a radio station, a theater, a public art gallery, a record label, an archive, a filmmaking institute, and a community development program—all to document, revitalize, and lift up the traditions, innovation, and creativity of the people of Appalachia.

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Black in Appalachia

Black in Appalachia: Research, Education & Support is a non-profit that works in collaboration with public media, residents, university departments, libraries, archives and community organizations to highlight the history and contributions of African-Americans in the development of the Mountain South and its culture. We do that through research, local narratives, public engagement and exhibition. Black in Appalachia is a community service for Appalachian residents and families with roots in and through the region.

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Accessible Appalachia: An Open-Access Introduction to Appalachian Studies

by Lisa Day and Jacob Johnson


Accessible Appalachia: An Open-Access Introduction to Appalachian Studies is an edited collection of original scholarship. The textbook offers an interdisciplinary perspective and is ideal for introductory classes in Appalachian Studies. Available free to students everywhere, this textbook features coverage of Appalachian artistic, cultural, historical, natural, and social development.

The original chapters in this work are openly licensed under a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license and are freely available for reuse or adoption.

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Read Appalachia


Founded by Kendra Winchester in 2020, Read Appalachia is an initiative that celebrates Appalachian literature and writing.

We use the Appalachian Regional Commission’s map of Appalachia as a loose definition of Appalachia. According to the Appalachian Regional Commission:

“Appalachia is made up of 420 counties across 13 states and spans 205,000 square miles, from southern New York to northern Mississippi. The Region’s 25 million residents live in parts of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia, and all of West Virginia.”

But Appalachia is more than just a geographic location: it’s a region with a diverse range of peoples and cultures. No single story can define the region, which is why it’s so important to read a wide range of Appalachian Literature. Poetry, memoirs, novels, and picture books—Appalachian authors write it all.

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"Now, Appalachia"

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By Eliot Parker

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Welcome to Now Appalachia Radio with host and thriller author Eliot Parker. The show will profile Appalachian writers and creative people.

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Appalachian Voices

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Founded in 1997, Appalachian Voices brings people together to protect the land, air and water of Central and Southern Appalachia and advance a just transition to a generative and equitable clean energy economy.

To achieve this, we work to end harmful fossil fuel practices such as mountaintop removal coal mining and construction of unnecessary fracked-gas pipelines. We also strive to shift to clean, 21st-century energy sources including energy efficiency, solar and wind power, and stand up to monopoly utility practices that put profits over people. Our ultimate goal is to establish economic solutions that create community wealth and sustain Appalachia’s mountains, forests and waters.

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Register of the Kentucky Historical Society

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Discover the leading scholarly publication and journal of record in Kentucky history.

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In addition to research articles (and occasionally historiographic essays), each issue of The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society features an extensive book review section, typically on a wide array of U.S. history topics.

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Published since 1903, the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society is available in print and electronically on Project MUSE. Archived issues (from 1903 to the present, with a five-year moving wall) are available on JSTOR.

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Still: The Journal

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Our mission is to provide a free website that offers excellent contemporary literary writing. Our emphasis is on the literature of the Appalachian region, and we are committed to publishing quality writing that does not rely on clichés and stereotypes. We want to feature writing that exemplifies the many layers and complexities of the region. We also feature writers with connections to the region. Still: The Journal has been publishing established and emerging writers, musicians, and visual artists since 2009. 

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CONTACT ↓

Mary Thomas,

Executive Director, 

mthomas@marshall.edu

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Ann E. Bryant,

Office Manager, 

mullins88@marshall.edu

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Telephone: (304) 696-2904
Mailing Address:

Appalachian Studies Association

One John Marshall Drive

Huntington, WV 25755

ABOUT US ↓

The Appalachian Studies Association was formed in 1977 by a group of scholars, teachers, and regional activists who believed that shared community has been and will continue to be important to those writing, researching, and teaching about Appalachia. The ASA is headquartered at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia.

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