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Kentucky Clay: Eleven Generations of a Southern Dynasty

While Bateman’s work delineates her genealogy filled with the famous Clays and Cecils of Virginia and Kentucky, this is as much an intimate introduction into a “famous first family.

Working Girl Blues: The Life & Music of Hazel Dickens

“Working Girl Blues” is a biography contained in a discography. Follow a young woman of Appalachia growing up and out of a male-dominated culture to hone her craft in a male-dominated music industry.

A Vegetable for a Laugh

Seventy-five years ago Abingdon, Va.’s Barter Theatre opened its doors for the first time. The Barter has just published “Will Work For Food,” a retrospective of its humble beginnings. The following is excerpted from its first chapter.

Book Excerpt: On Earth’s Furrowed Brow

Tim Barnwell interviewed has interviewed those living in the western North Carolina mountains for more than a quarter of a century...

Barbara Kingsolver’s “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle”

To say that reading this book raised my consciousness would be a misstatement because I was introduced to issues I didn’t even have a consciousness about.

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Kentucky Clay: Eleven Generations of a Southern Dynasty

Kentucky Clay: Eleven Generations of a Southern Dynasty

While Bateman’s work delineates her genealogy filled with the famous Clays and Cecils of Virginia and Kentucky, this is as much an intimate introduction into a “famous first family.
Working Girl Blues: The Life & Music of Hazel Dickens

Working Girl Blues: The Life & Music of Hazel Dickens

“Working Girl Blues” is a biography contained in a discography. Follow a young woman of Appalachia growing up and out of a male-dominated culture to hone her craft in a male-dominated music industry.
Actors rehearse at Stonewall Hill, part of the former Stonewall Jackson Institute campus and another early dormitory for the Barter players.

A Vegetable for a Laugh

Seventy-five years ago Abingdon, Va.’s Barter Theatre opened its doors for the first time. The Barter has just published “Will Work For Food,” a retrospective of its humble beginnings. The following is excerpted from its first chapter.
David Messer, resting from tilling field, 2003. Indian Grave Gap, Madison County, N.C.

Book Excerpt: On Earth’s Furrowed Brow

Tim Barnwell interviewed has interviewed those living in the western North Carolina mountains for more than a quarter of a century...
Barbara Kingsolver takes a look at locavores.

Barbara Kingsolver’s “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle”

To say that reading this book raised my consciousness would be a misstatement because I was introduced to issues I didn’t even have a consciousness about.
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Much of the Oklawaha Greenway is lined with trees.
The Good Walk

Walking Oklawaha Greenway

Located just minutes from downtown Hendersonville, North Carolina, this 3.25-mile scenic pathway winds through forests and wetlands.

May 1, 2026

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