Appalachian Journal

03/04/2025

BIPOC poets, check out this opportunity!

ABOUT THE EDITOR: Sandra Rivers-Gill’s poetry and creative non-fiction has been published in journals and anthologies. She is a nominee for a Pushcart Poetry Prize and the Best of the Net, and…

03/03/2025

We couldn't let March 3rd go by without remembering the legendary Doc Watson!

02/24/2025

AppalJ's special issue on Appalachian visual art is off to the printer! Pre-order your copy today: https://secure.touchnet.net/C20099_ustores/web/store_cat.jsp?STOREID=11&CATID=105&SINGLESTORE=true

02/21/2025

Today we celebrate Appalachian musical legend, Nina Simone!

02/14/2025

02/12/2025

Today we celebrate the birthday of Jackie Torrence, who grew up in the foothills of North Carolina.

02/05/2025

Today we celebrate the birthdays of Anndrena Belcher and the marvelous Linda Parsons!

02/03/2025

Just a reminder that Valentine's Day is only eleven days away!

01/24/2025

We're having a Dylan kind of Friday morning in the Appalachian Journal office. What sounds are you enjoying this morning?

01/03/2025

CFP on Appalachian foodways: https://appjournal.appstate.edu/node/173

01/02/2025

The building is open and we're back in the office!

12/16/2024

Shipping will be paused after this Friday, Dec. 20 until Jan. 3, so if you’d like a book, back issue, or current issue to arrive by 2025, make sure to place your order this week at https://secure.touchnet.net/C20099_ustores/web/store_main.jsp?STOREID=11&SINGLESTORE=true

12/13/2024

Just got into the office to find boxes of these beauties. The new issue will ship out today, so keep an eye on your mailboxes, friends and neighbors!

12/10/2024

Another major loss this week with Affrilachian poet, Nikki Giovanni, who was born in Knoxville, TN, a town she wrote about in this poem and others: https://poets.org/poem/knoxville-tennessee

Ms. Giovanni tackled race, gender, s*x, politics and love. She was a celebrity poet and public intellectual who appeared on television and toured the country.

12/09/2024

Today, we mourn the passing of Affrilachian writer, educator, scholar, and performance poet, dr. doris diosa davenport. Dr. davenport's wisdom lives on in her words and in those whose lives she touched. If you're unfamiliar with her work, we encourage you to seek it out.

We are so sad to hear of the passing of our friend and poet/activist/educator doris davenport. doris was a regular performer at Charis until just months prior to her death. She mentored younger poets and supported so many writers from around the country. She was the author of many books of poetry, including two which are available at Charis: rectify my soul: & other writings, and Madness Like Morning Glories: Poems. Her essay, "The pathology of racism: a conversation with third world wimmin," was included in the foundational feminist anthology, This Bridge Called My Back. We recently found this picture in our summer trip to our archive at Duke. We were so excited to send it to her. doris is pictured here (top) at Charis in 1995 with BJ (below). We will miss her wild and dancing spirit.

11/28/2024

We're thankful for our readers, subscribers, and contributors. What are you grateful for today?

11/25/2024

Kathryn Stripling Byer, born in Camilla, GA, was the author of six full collections of poetry, including Catching Light and The Girl in the Midst of the Harvest as well as chapbooks and an edited collection. She earned a BA from Wesleyan College in Georgia and an MFA from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Byer served as North Carolina's poet laureate from 2005 to 2009 and was the first woman to hold the position. Her poems appeared in AppalJ from 1984-2003.