Writer and sociologist Arlie Hochschild visits the heart of Appalachia in eastern Kentucky to share stories of people facing poverty, the loss of jobs and the rise of the opioid epidemic.

Even so, Vance says he considers the Kentucky ‘holler’ in Appalachia ... about God not giving people talent they didn’t have to learn. ‘She was one fierce mountain woman, and it showed.

Shanti was nominated for Best Chef: Southeast — which includes Georgia, Kentucky ... many freed Black people found place in the mountains of Southern Appalachia which has contributed to the ...