The Politics of Having Fun by Pat Arnow, editor

The Personalization of Politics by Jean Haskell Speer, director, Center for Appalachian Studies and Services

Memories Uncovered by the Watauga Drawdown by Helen Roseberry, director, Margaret Carr, registrar, and Blair white, curator, Reece Museum

Photographing Southern Appalachia by Marie Tedesco, technical services archivist and Norma Myers, head, Archives of Appalachia

The Appalachian Regional Commission by Pat Arnow

ARC Interviews: Sen. Harlan Mathews, Michael Wenger, and Jesse White by Pat Arnow & Jean Speer

Images of Appalachia: Gov. Mario Cuomo and Sen. Jim Sasser by Nancy Fischman

An “Other” Consciousness by Gurney Norman

Jo Carson’s Los Angeles Cycle: Is the Pen Mightier Than the Automobile? by Pat Arnow

Chafin of Cow Creek by Topper Sherwood

Postcards From the Edge of Good Taste by Pat Arnow

Stereotypes—“It's not in the cards. I try to just make them funny.” by Tom Mills

Scandal Sheet by Laurene Scalf

Tell Me About the Old Days, Mom and Dad by Gordon L. Swartz III

Still Lagging After All These Years by Charles Moore

Wearing Out Old Glory by Jerry Hilliard

The Flag-desecration Arrests by Jerry Hilliard

Ron Coleman, Vice-Mayor of Harriman, Tenn. by Janet Evans

Becoming a Celebrant in Appalachia by Anne Leibig

“I Am a Kennedy Man”: excerpt from The Unquiet Earth by Denise Giardina

Complicities by Lynn Powell

Morality Play by Jim Leftwich

The Old Man Studies the Election by David Black

Shooting at Snakes, Aiming at Signs by Christina Pacosz

Lesbian Eyes by Glenn McKee

From the Cutover Woods of Dixie by Errol Miller

Coal Camp Trinity by Jim Watkins

Kennedy vs. Humphrey, West Virginia, 1960: The Pivotal Battle for the Democratic Presidential Nomination by Dan P. Fleming Jr., reviewed by Pat Arnow

Excerpt from Kennedy vs. Humphrey by Dan B. Fleming

Dead Laws for Dead Men: The Politics of Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Legislation by Daniel J. Curran, reviewed by Stephen L. Fisher

Fighting Back in Appalachia: Traditions of Resistance and Change edited by Stephen L. Fisher, reviewed by Keith Miles

Making History: The First Ten Years of KFTC edited by Melanie Zuercher, reviewed by Laurene Scalf

The Appalachian Regional Commission: Twenty-five Years of Government Policy by Michael Bradshaw, reviewed by Keith Miles

Appalachian Portraitsby Shelby Lee Adams, reviewed by Jean Haskell Speer

Stories ’Neath the Roan: Memories of the People of Yancey, Mitchell, and Avery Counties at the Foot of Roan Mountain in North Carolina collected by the Blue Ridge Reading Team, reviewed by Nancy Fischman

The Literacy Program that Could by Nancy Fischman

Night Ride a film by Andrew Garrison, reviewed by Jo Carson

The Big Lever directed by Frances Morton, reviewed by Jean Haskell Speer

The Politics of Despair: Power & Resistance in the Tobacco Wars by Tracy Campbell, reviewed by Nancy Fischman

The Mountains Within Me by Zell Miller, reviewed by Jean Haskell Speer

“Ain’t You Got a Right to the Tree of Life” by Guy Carawan, commentary by Ed Snodderly

A Full-Circle Retrospective Anniversary by Pat Arnow, editor

History of the Center for Appalachian Studies and Services with profiles of Jean Haskell Speer, Richard Blaustein, Penelope Lane, Jane Harris Woodside, Charles Moore, and Frieda Souder by Marty Edwards, Jan Hearne, Jean Speer, Suzanne Reese, Mary Alice Basconi, Sonja Anderson

Now & Then: How the Appalachian Magazine Came to Be with Profiles of Pat Arnow, Jo Carson, Ed Snodderly, Nancy Fischman by Marty Edwards, Rocky Vines, Gregg Powers, Sonja Anderson

Fellowship Program by Jane Woodside

Archives of Appalachia with Profiles of Norma Myers, Georgia Greer, Marie Tedesco, Ed Speer, Ned Irwin by Pat Arnow, Brian Smith, Suzanne Reese, Nancy Fischman

Reece Museum with Profiles of Helen Roseberry, Margaret Carr, Blair White, Harold Stewart, Sarah Hankins, Nancy Earnest by Pat Arnow, Nancy Fischman, Jonathan Crain, Rocky Vines, Keith Ladd, Marty Edwards

Bluegrass with Profiles of Jack Tottle, Tim Stafford by Gregory Thomas Leonard, Pat Arnow, Jonathan Crain, Brian Smith, Marie Tedesco

Appalachian-Scottish Studies Program with Profile of Thomas Burton by Gregg Powers

Governor’s School for Tennessee Heritage by Sonja Anderson

Appalachian Studies Curriculum by Jean Haskell Speer

Who Do We Love? The People We at CASS Admire in Appalachia

Selected Publications, Films, Videos, and Recordings by CASS Faculty and Staff

Regional Spice: Notes on Contest Judging by Gurney Norman

First Prize: First of the Month by Chris Holbrook

Second Prize: A Change in the Weather by Tami R.S. Penley

Third Prize: Seeing in the Dark by Colleen Anderson

First Prize: Driftwood Found on the Greenbrier Trail by Linda Parsons

Second Prize: Suspension from School by Penelope Scambly Schott

Third Prize: Touring Appalachian Poetry by Melanie Graham

Honorable Mentions:

Singing Lesson by Anthony W. Reevy

Mid-Season by Kristin Camitta Zimet

Dirt Road Parables by Michael Chitwood

Reaping by Frederick Wilbur

My Father Doesn’t Tell Stories by Linda Parsons

The Slatterys Who Lived Down the Street by Melanie Graham

“Farmer’s Blues” by Tim Stafford, commentary by Ed Snodderly

The Power of Ritual by Jill Oxendine, guest editor

Prognosticators, Slugburgers, and Other Tales of Appalachian Celebrations by Jill Oxendine

Thoughts on a Celebration in Jonesville by Sorour Payman

Celebrations in Appalachia compiled by Melanie K. Hutsell

Naming: Family Ritual or Genetic Predisposition? by Heidi Hartwiger

Liquid Graves and Dripping Saints by Howard Dorgan

Body Snatchers, Predators, and Premature Burials: Intriguing Facts about Mountain Wakes by James Crissman

A Decoration Day Remembered by Jeanne Shannon

The Rituals of Remembering by Elaine McClellan

Remembrances in Tender Prose by Elaine McClellan

Love Lore from the Mountains by Charlotte H. Deskins

Definitely Not Your Average Hollywood Indians by Jane Harris Woodside

Call of the Mountain Wild by Doyle Bickers

Becoming a Celebrant in Appalachia by Anne Leibig

The Unbecoming Gods by B.E. Railsback

The Old Man Wakes Up Early by David Black

True ’Cue by Bruce Tindall

A Lasting Impression by Georgeann Eskievich Rettberg

Dinner on the Ground by Rebecca Bailey

Gathering of the Clan by A. Jane Hicks

Buttermilk by Ruth Moose

Unclean by Rebecca Bailey

The Graduate by Melinda Szafran

Stars and Bars by Michael Hughes

The Hinterlands: A Mountain Tale in Three Parts by Robert Morgan, reviewed by Laurene Scalf

Jack in Two Worlds: Contemporary North American Tales and Their Tellers edited by William Bernard McCarthy, reviewed by Ginger Renner

The Picture Man: Photographs by Paul Buchanan edited by Ann Hawthorne, reviewed by Mike Smith

Idol and Sanctuary by Victor M. Depta, reviewed by Brian West

Homemade Tales: Songs and Sayings of Florida Slone video directed by Anthony Slone and Angelyn DeBord, reviewed by Adora Dupree

Down the Road, in the Backseat, with the Band: What do you want to know about us ’baccer chewing people from Sevierville, Tenn.? by Ed Snodderly