Welcome to the University of Illinois Press’s virtual exhibit for the 2021 Appalachian Studies Association conference! We hope you’ll step inside our virtual booth and browse new books, journal articles, author interviews, and more. Be sure to use promo code APPSA21 for 50% off all of our Appalachian studies books March 11-14, 2021!
Featured Books in Appalachian Studies
Featured Journal
The Journal of Appalachian Studies is a refereed, multidisciplinary journal published on behalf of the Appalachian Studies Association (ASA) with support from Marshall University. The journal publishes articles of interest to scholars pertaining to Appalachia, especially but not limited to culture, ethnographic research, health, literature, land use, and indigenous groups.
Featured Books in Bluegrass and Country
Podcast with former editor of the Journal of Appalachian Studies, Dr. Shaunna Scott, and Acquisitions Editor, Alison Syring
Browse Our Appalachian Studies Catalog
University of Illinois Press on Spotify
Playlist for Unlikely Angel: The Songs of Dolly Parton
Playlist for Hillbilly Maidens, Okies, and Cowgirls: Women’s Country Music, 1930 -1960
More From Our Authors
- Brooks Blevins on A History of the Ozarks Vo1. on C-SPAN’S Book TV
- An interview with Brooks Blevins on Ozarks Tonight
- Q&A with Cicero M. Fain III, author of Black Huntington: An Appalachian Story
- Listen to an interview with Cicero M. Fain III on Inside Appalachia
- Blake Perkins talks about Hillbilly Hellraisers on the New Books Network
- Listen to an interview with Blake Perkins on KUAR
- Paul Shackel talks about the Lattimer Massacre on Smithsonian.com
- Read about the Appalachian Bohemian Homestead with an excerpt from Shelter from the Machine
- Q&A with Jason G. Strange, author of Shelter from the Machine
- Feminism in the Coalfields: What Appalachians of the 1970s Can Teach Today’s Feminists, article by Jessica Wilkerson
- Jessica Wilkerson on Top of Mind with Julie Rose
- Q&A with Fred Bartenstein and Curt W. Ellison, Co-Editors of Industrial Strength Bluegrass
- Sneak Peek Inside “Bill Monroe: The Life and Music of the Blue Grass Man”
- Q&A with Lydia R. Hamessley, Author of Unlikely Angel
- Lydia Hamessley on Reality Life with Kate Casey
- “How to Retain Women of Color and Indigenous Women Grad Students” an essay by the Kimberly D. Mckee and Denise A. Delgado in Inside Higher Ed
- Read a Q&A with Kimberly McKee and Denise Delgado
