When Jonathan “JJ” Johnson ’99 thinks back on his childhood in Fairfield, Alabama, in greater Birmingham, he remembers a life that was both loving and precarious. He grew…
Too often, in places like Appalachia, “help” looks more like “taking over.” The result is a temporary solution that isn’t sustainable when the help leaves. David Cooke, director…
Affrilachian: A History of the Word In 1991, Frank X Walker, an experienced playwright and visual artist, and a budding poet, was confronted with the reality that Appalachian—according…