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ANNOUNCING THE KENTUCKY MUSIC ISSUE

Announcing the  Oxford American’s 19th Music Issue. In 2017, we are returning to the state series. And we are thrilled to announce that it’s your turn, Kentucky.

By Oxford American

STILL OURS TO RIGHT

A new song and a short essay by Nashville guitarist William Tyler.  Confronted with the hideous, we must commit to rebuilding, resetting, listening, doing good, fighting injustice, and trying to...

By William Tyler
Web Feature

Black Jack Jean Turns One

By Tift Merritt
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The Dream Catcher

“WE SHOULD TRY TO PRESERVE HUMANITY”

The films and young filmmakers of the Summer Documentary Institute at Appalshop’s Appalachian Media Institute. Introducing the film “Justice for All” and its creators, Oliver Baker and Aaron...
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The Sleepwalker

By Will Stephenson

“YOU WILL COME HERE, AND THERE WILL BE MAGICAL THINGS HAPPENING”

The films and young filmmakers of the Summer Documentary Institute at Appalshop’s Appalachian Media Institute. Introducing the film “Go Your Own Way” and its creators, Jaydon Tolliver, Elyssia...

OUR SUMMER 2017 ISSUE

Highlights from Issue 97.

By Oxford American

FREE THE MEMORY

Foreword to a collection of personal narratives by the junior class at New Orleans’s George Washington Carver High School. I’ve read the essays in this book at least ten times each, not because I...

By Kiese Laymon

“I COULDN’T MAKE MY FILMS ANYWHERE ELSE”

The films and young filmmakers of the Summer Documentary Institute at Appalshop’s Appalachian Media Institute. Generations of eastern Kentucky youth have had to contend with the question of...

By Appalachian Media Institute
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Sowing Seeds, Changing Story

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