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VOLUME 38, NUMBER 1 (FALL 2010)

■ SIGNS OF THE TIMES ...4

■ FROM THE EDITOR ... 19

■ Studying Appalachia from Ripshin to the University: A Conversation with Roberta Herrin by Beth Bissmeyer, Lindsey Martin, and Chad Berry ... 20

■ Identifying Appalachian Adults: An Empirical Study by Robert L. Ludke, Phillip J. Obermiller, Eric W. Rademacher, and Shiloh K. Turner ... 36

■ Who is Appalachian? Self-Reported Appalachian Ancestry in the 2000 Census
by J. Trent Alexander & Chad Berry ... 46

■ Appalachian Identity: A Roundtable Discussion by Barbara Ellen Smith, Stephen Fisher, Phillip Obermiller, David Whisnant, Emily Satterwhite, Rodger Cunningham... 56

■ The Performing Hillbilly: Redeeming Acts of a Regional Stereotype
by Mark A. Roberts ... 78

■ Toward a Genetic Profile of Melungeons in Southern Appalachia by Donald N. Yates and Elizabeth C. Hirschman ... 92

■POETRY ... The Poets ... 18
The Necessary Arrangements by Damon Falke ... 35
Some Acres by Damon Falke ... 35
The Bone Carver by Damon Falke ... 91
Homage to Hazel Dickens by Irene McKinney ...55
The Church of Signs Following by Irene McKinney ... 112
Kiss My Possum by Irene McKinney ... 130

■ REVIEWS
Jennifer Westerman on We All Live Downstream: Writings about Mountaintop Removal, edited by Jason Howard & Something’s Rising: Appalachians Fighting Mountaintop Removal edited by Silas House and Jason Howard ... 114

William Hal Gorby on Governor William E. Glasscock and Progressive Politics in West Virginia by Gary Jackson Tucker ... 117

Donna Corriher on Moving Mountains: How One Woman and Her Community Won Justice from Big Coal by Penny Loeb ... 119

Margaret N. Gregor on Appalachian Children’s Literature: An Annotated Bibliography by Roberta Teague Herrin and Sheila Quinn Oliver ... 123

John Lang on Father by Jeff Daniel Marion ... 125

Jesse Graves on Southern Appalachian Poetry: An Anthology of Works by 37 Poets edited by Marita Garin ... 128

■ CHRONICLE ... 132

■ APPALACHIA BY THE NUMBERS ... 144