NPR spoke with Appalachian fiction and nonfiction writers about this moment and how they are building a tapestry of what they know as home.

Appalachia on the Table: Representing Mountain Food & People by Erica Abrams Locklear examines how Appalachian food is represented, starting at the turn of the 20 century when the nation viewed Appalachian food as 'coarse' until today's celebration of the cuisine.

One in four rural households report being unable to get medical care for serious problems, due to the pandemic, according to a new poll from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Harvard.

"The Beverly Hillbillies" introduced audiences to the Clampett family in the 1960s and helped popularize the stereotype of the "Dumb Southerner." The...

"The Beverly Hillbillies" introduced audiences to the Clampett family in the 1960s and helped popularize the stereotype of the "Dumb Southerner." The...

The novel "Southernmost" begins with a flood of biblical proportions. What emerges after is not a sliver of mountaintop, but a sodden, Southern...

On this edition of Political Rewind, for six years, Roanoke-based journalist Beth Macy watched the opioid crisis unfold in struggling Appalachian...

One of the Atlanta's most curious communities is called Cabbagetown. In this "What's In A Name," GPB's Rickey Bevington shares the humble origins of one...

If I could say only one thing about my conversation with author Lee Smith for this edition of “Two Way Street” it would be this: Listen to her voice.

If I could say only one thing about my conversation with author Lee Smith for this edition of “Two Way Street” it would be this: Listen to her voice.