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If you are reading this, you are likely familiar with Hindman Settlement School’s very successful dyslexia program that has been helping children with learning differences be able to read on grade level for over forty years. You have probably heard about our traditional arts programs that preserve the legacy and heritage of Appalachian music, dance, …

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Southern Appalachian Writers Cooperative Gathers on Campus

This past weekend, October 21-23, we were delighted to host the 48th annual fall gathering of the Southern Appalachian Writers Cooperative (SAWC) on campus.  The celebration is multi-faceted.  This was our first time since the flood to host a group retreat. We held a rescheduled reading by writer Beth Macy (author of Dopesick) in early October which …

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Susan barton success

I would like to share a letter from a parent that Susan Barton recently posted as it concerns an issue which I have also had many parents address.  “We started our journey in first grade, when our daughter’s teacher shared that she was not grasping reading concepts as fast as she should. I was shocked …

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First Writer-in-residence

It seems cliché to say that telling our stories is empowering, because we know it is. Folks get up and testify in church. We sit with a therapist to discuss our traumas. We gather with friends to share our joys and sorrows. We write in a journal to remember important life events.  It also seems cliché to say that experiencing the creative works of others is empowering, because we …

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Ironwood

I first came to the Appalachian Writers’ Workshop in 2015. I was from the Great Lakes region of Ohio and had been living in southeast Kentucky for 5 years, and my sense of myself as a writer, as an Appalachian writer, would change forever that week. Writing is often a solitary endeavor, with the author scribbling or typing away …

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