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Appalachian State University Libraries and the Department of English are hosting the Greenbriar International Film Festival on three Tuesdays throughout the Fall 2023 semester.

University Libraries and Department of English Announce Greenbriar International Film Festival
Sep 15, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University Libraries and the Department of English are hosting the Greenbriar International Film Festival on three T...

An App State student reads in the gazebo in Durham Park, located at App State’s Boone campus. Photo by Chase Reynolds

5 award-winning authors to visit App State for fall 2023 Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series
Sep 14, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Five acclaimed authors will visit Appalachian State University’s Boone campus this fall as part of the university’s 2023–24 ...

Rodrigo Dorfman is a Chilean-born, Latino visual storyteller and community activist known for his work documenting the Great Latino Migration to the American South. Photo by Rodrigo Dorfman (rodrigodorfman.com).

September 26: "The Making of the Nuevo South" with Rodrigo Dorfman
Sep 13, 2023

"The Making of the Nuevo South" with Rodrigo DorfmanTuesday, September 26, 2023, from 7-8 p.m.Turchin Center for the Visual Arts Lecture HallBOONE, N....

Appalachian Journal (vol. 50, no. 1-2)

Appalachian Journal (vol. 50, no. 1-2) now available
Jun 28, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — The newest issue of Appalachian Journal (vol. 50, no. 1-2) is now available, marking the 50th anniversary of the journal, which began ...

19th U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize Winner Natasha Trethewey

April 20: 19th U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize Winner Natasha Trethewey
Apr 11, 2023

Reading and Book Signing with Natasha TretheweyThursday, April 20, 2023, from 6-7:30 p.m.Blue Ridge Ballroom (Room 201AB), Plemmons Student UnionBOONE...

Appalachian Journal, founded in 1972, is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed quarterly featuring field research, interviews, and other scholarly studies of history, politics, economics, culture, folklore, literature, music, ecology, and a variety of other topics, as well as poetry and reviews of books, films, and recordings dealing with the region of the Appalachian mountains.

Appalachian Journal marks 50 years of spotlighting Appalachia
Mar 9, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University’s Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review marks its 50th anniversary this academic yea...

A Fable for Now

March 1-5: A Fable for Now
Feb 23, 2023

 A Fable for Now is a satirical and allegorical fable about the present and future of the earth. It calls out all of humanity on many fronts...

An App State student reads on the banks of Boone Creek in Durham Park, located at App State’s Boone campus. Photo by Chase Reynolds

6 award-winning authors to visit App State for spring 2023 Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series
Feb 22, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Six acclaimed authors will visit Appalachian State University’s Boone campus this spring, as part of the university’s 2022–23&nb...

Dr. Paul Worley, professor and department chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, and Dr. Melissa Birkhofer, visiting assistant professor in the Department of English

Worley and Birkhofer receive North Carolina Literary Review honor
Feb 21, 2023

The 2023 Ehle Prize is awarded to Melissa D. Birkhofer and Paul M. Worley for their essay, “She Said That Saint Augustine Is Worth Nothing Compared ...

Appalachian State University’s The Schaefer Center Presents and Appalachian Journal present the Spring 2023 Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series.

The Spring 2023 Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series
Feb 13, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University’s The Schaefer Center Presents and Appalachian Journal present the Spring 2023 Hughlene Bostian Frank V...

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