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“Appalachian Holler Help,” hosted by drive-thru restaurant Groovy Grover’s, will have food, live music, beer tents, vendors and more. The family-friendly event will run from 11 a.m. ...
The three banded together and created “Appalachian Holler Help”, an event that was part music festival, part fundraiser. “We thought if we had a platform, then we should use it to help as ...
A new graphic novel, Holler, released in May, tells the story. Denali Sai Nalamalapu, a Southwest Virginia-based climate activist and illustrator, spoke with BPR on what this fight meant for ...
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The holler has hidden depths: Appalachian writers are telling more diverse stories about their native mountains 'It took me decades to balance my identities, and they’re not easy identities to ...
Majestically arrayed in an ancient blue suit, frayed white shirt and new brown boots, Floyd Handshoe, 51, la bored at a seignorial pace last week, hoeing rocks into potholes in the road. So did ...
Ashley Blooms' haunting, lyrical novel set in an Appalachian holler feels as dreamlike as it does deeply, painfully real. It follows a little girl named Misty who, after a terrible encounter with ...
Heartwood Soundstage will welcome the transformative new project from indie favorite Justin Osborne: Susto Stringband. Blending the raw lyricism and confessional songwriting Osborne is known for with ...
Red Holler: Contemporary Appalachian Literature Edited by John Branscum and Wayne Thomas. Sarabande (Consortium, dist.), $16.95 trade paper (248p) ISBN 978-1-936747-66-5 ...
The three banded together and created “Appalachian Holler Help”, an event that was part music festival, part fundraiser. “We thought if we had a platform, then we should use it to help as ...