Hi, I'm Carley, and I'm a proud Appalachian. Appalachia is a very specific and often misunderstood region of the South. And yes, while the Appalachian Mountains range from Newfoundland, Canada, to ...

As a tenth generation Appalachian, Ivy Brashear sees J.D. Vance’s 2016 memoir “Hillbilly Elegy” as a “really one-sided and simple view of the region.” In an effort to help broaden people’s view of ...

As a 10th-generation Appalachian, Ivy Brashear sees JD Vance's 2016 memoir "Hillbilly Elegy" as a "really one-sided and simple view of the region." In an effort to help broaden people;s view of ...

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 ...

If Trump VP pick J.D. Vance's memoir sparked your interest in Appalachian literature, read these books next Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024 ...

Oscar Uhalde graduated high school in Athens, and is currently a freshman at Columbia University studying political science. In an age of increasingly shifting demographics, Democrats and Republicans ...

Pavlo Rybaruk earned a master's degree in Appalachian Studies. He used his knowledge in fighting to help people in his ...

The nearly 50,000 people who moved to Cincinnati from Appalachia 70 years ago found their new home was much different than the one they left behind. A rural, sparse area of rolling hills was replaced ...