Dr. Bruce Stewart’s “Blood in the Hills” presents essays from experts in political science, history and literature that question the supposedly innate brutality of the Appalachian people.

“Summoning the Dead: Essays on Ron Rash” is the first book-length collection of scholarship on professor and award-winning author Ron Rash. The volume was co-edited by Appalachian professor Zack Vernon.

Appalachian Professor Emeritus Dr. Harvard Ayers and David Harman explain why climate change is affecting the Earth and how to solve it in their recently published novel, “Train Wreck Earth.”

“Landscapes of Power,” by Appalachian’s Dr. Dana Powell, examines the cultural politics of energy development on Navajo (Diné) Nation land spurred by the Desert Rock Power Plant initiative.

Simon & Schuster announces the publication of “Small Treasons,” the fifth novel by Mark Powell, assistant professor of creative writing and contemporary fiction in Appalachian's Department of English. “Small Treasons” tells the story of an American marriage on the verge of rupture, spinning an all-too-current tale of the world we live in and the world we fear—and how we may not be able to tell the two apart.