This issue of the Appalachian Heritage features new work from and an interview with Barbara Kingsolver writing from Amy Clark, Angel Sands Gunn, Joseph Bathanti, Marc Harshman, Amy Wright and more. For more information including how to subscribe to the journal please visit appalachianreview.net.
CrossCurrents connects the wisdom of the heart with the life of the mind and the experiences of the body. The journal is operated through its parent organization, the Association for Public Religion and Intellectual Life (APRIL), an interreligious network of academics, activists, artists, and community leaders seeking to engage the many ways ......
The Building of an American Foreign Policy, 1918-1967
As its interests have become deeply tied to the Middle East, the United States has long sought to develop a usable understanding of the people, politics, and cultures of the region. In Imagining the Middle East, Matthew Jacobs illuminates how Americans' ideas and perspectives about the region have shaped, justified, and sustained U.S. cultural, ......
The National Negro Congress and the Rise of Militant Civil Rights
During the Great Depression, black intellectuals, labor organizers, and artists formed the National Negro Congress (NNC) to demand a "second emancipation" in America. Over the next decade, the NNC and its offshoot, the Southern Negro Youth Congress, sought to coordinate and catalyze local antiracist activism into a national movement to undermine ......
Looking Back at a Children's Classic and the Difference It Made
If you grew up in the era of mood rings and lava lamps, you probably remember Free to Be . . . You and Me - the groundbreaking children's record, book, and television special that debuted in 1972. Conceived by actress and producer Marlo Thomas and promoted by Ms. magazine, it captured the spirit of the growing women's movement and inspired girls ......
This issue of the Appalachian Heritage features writing from Sonja Livingston, James Braziel, Mark DeFoe, Pauletta Hansel, an interview with Richard Hague, a craft essay from George Ella Lyon, and more. For more information including how to subscribe to the journal please visit appalachianreview.net.
CrossCurrents connects the wisdom of the heart with the life of the mind and the experiences of the body. The journal is operated through its parent organization, the Association for Public Religion and Intellectual Life (APRIL), an interreligious network of academics, activists, artists, and community leaders seeking to engage the many ways ......
This issue of the Appalachian Heritage features writing from Denise Giardina, Michael Henson, Carter Sickels, Jim Minick, Charles Dodd White, an interview with Jacinda Townsend, a craft essay from Karen Salyer McElmurray, and more. For more information including how to subscribe to the journal please visit appalachianreview.net.
CrossCurrents connects the wisdom of the heart with the life of the mind and the experiences of the body. The journal is operated through its parent organization, the Association for Public Religion and Intellectual Life (APRIL), an interreligious network of academics, activists, artists, and community leaders seeking to engage the many ways ......
