I don't really think the outburst is recent; there have always been writers in Appalachia.
source: Source: therumpus.net
topic: Thinking, Outburst, Appalachia

source: "Interview with Shane Claiborne: Embracing the Margins". Interview with Matt Dabbs, wineskins.org. November 17, 2015.
topic: Poverty, Urban, Appalachia, Extreme Poverty

topic: Country, Want, Poverty, Appalachia, Urban Areas
topic: People, Grandparent, Southern, Appalachia, Living Wage
topic: Music, Home, Artist, Fountain Of Youth, Genius And Madness
source: "Baltimore unrest as Obama pushes mentoring program" by Eric Bradner, www.cnn.com. May 5, 2015.
topic: New York, Children, Believe, Mississippi, Ferguson
The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
source: John Muir, Edwin Way Teale, Henry Bugbee Kane (2001). “The Wilderness World of John Muir”, p.312, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
topic: Nature, Adventure, Garden, Wildness, National Parks
topic: Jobs, Gone, Coal, Appalachia
topic: Simple, Emotional, Grandfather, Fiddlers, Appalachia
source: "Week three: Charles Frazier on writing Cold Mountain" by Charles Frazier, www.theguardian.com. September 30, 2011.
topic: Clever, Writing, Two, Two Worlds, Cold Mountain
topic: Jobs, Children, Cancer, Coal Miners, Premature Death
topic: Nice, Sleep, Europe, Appalachia, Appalachian Trail
source: "Novelist Tom Robbins Plays Not My Job". Interview with Peter Sagal, www.npr.org. June 5, 2010.
topic: Senior, School, Office, Appalachia
source: Source: www.raintaxi.com
topic: Drinking, Native American, Oil, Fracking, Appalachia
source: "Singer-songwriter Dwight Yoakam". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. September 18, 2012.
topic: Mother, Teacher, School, Extremity, Wonderful Teacher
topic: Daughter, War, Hero, Handicapped, Appalachia
topic: People, Labels, Use, Belittle, Appalachia
topic: African American, Rooms, American Indian, Haitian, Appalachia
topic: Writing, Would Be, Obvious, Appalachia
source: Source: asia.nikkei.com
topic: America, Cities, Awful, Lack Of Education, Rural America
source: Interview with Noel Murray, www.avclub.com. August 22, 2007.
topic: Summer, Baby, Beach, Appalachia