Arts & Culture

All That's Unseen, Inside Appalachia

This week, a new memoir explores the struggle to stay in Appalachia and the struggle to leave. Also, an exhibit in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, documents the contributions of the Catawba Nation to the American Revolutionary War. And, grab some sunscreen as we make a visit to the Nelsonville Music Festival in Ohio.

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W.Va. Park Named To List Of ‘Most Beautiful Places’ In America

West Virginia's only national park has been named to a prestigious list of the most beautiful places in America.

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Writer’s Memoir Explores Complicated Relationship With Appalachia, This West Virginia Morning

Writer Emilee Hackney has a complicated relationship with where she grew up. She loved her friends, family, the swimming holes and wild places in Tazewell County, Virginia, but she felt stifled. Her new memoir, All That’s Unseen: An Appalachian Memoir, explores this tension and what happened when she did leave.

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NPR Reporter Talks Findings From Ascend W.Va. Story

A recent national story identified West Virginia’s Ascend program as being highly successful, even though the numbers are relatively small.

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