We've all been bitten We've all been underground We've all been beaten, battered, bruised Told to get down —Refused, The Shape of Punk to Come This past weekend, I returned to Cincinnati, OH—where I lived for many years in the Over the Rhine and Lower Price Hill neighborhoods—to attend the Appalachian Studies Association conference. It… Continue reading The shape of Appalachia to come
Category: Appalachia
Recipe for a red-state revolt
The enduring relevance of Don West
Don West was an unapologetic radical and antiracist militant. He was an educator and co-founder of the Highlander Center and, later, the Appalachian South Folklife Center. He was also a popular poet. Largely relegated to footnotes in left literary tomes today, West's essays and poems remain strikingly relevant.