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View ArticleThe Beauty And Difficulty Of Poet Nikky Finney
April is National Poetry Month, a time when bookstores proudly display those slim volumes usually hidden in the back.On display this April is the work of Kentucky poet Nikky Finney, who won the...
View ArticleHow America 'Struck Back': Doolittle Raid Turns 70
It's just after sunrise outside the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, when 20 B-25 bombers start showing up in the western sky.The B-25s land outside the museum and line up on...
View ArticleCalled To The Post, Derby Starters Pack 'Em In
When the gates fly open at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., on Saturday, all eyes will be on the 20 racehorses that launch themselves into the 138th Kentucky Derby. That's a lot of horses, and a...
View ArticleObama's 'Clean Coal' Fighting Words To W.Va. Dems
Mingo County, deep in the southwest corner of West Virginia, has sent a "protest vote" to the attention of President Obama. In the May 8 Democratic primary, voters chose a man named Keith Judd to run...
View ArticleCruisin' For Classic Cars On A Steamy Summer Night
At the heart of the small town of Milan, Ohio, there's a graceful and tree-lined town square. It makes a good gathering spot for the classic cars and trucks of decades past.A 1923 T-Bucket Ford, a '77...
View ArticleMichigan Author Dreams Up A Deadlier Ann Arbor
Ask Harry Dolan to take you for lunch at a restaurant he's written about, and he won't disappoint. In downtown Ann Arbor, Mich., on Liberty Street, the vegetarian restaurant Seva serves mushroom...
View ArticleShriveled Mich. Apple Harvest Means Fewer Jobs, Tough Year Ahead
An apple a day might keep the doctor away, but what do you do when there are no apples? It's a question western Michigan's apple growers are dealing with this season after strange weather earlier in...
View ArticleElizabeth LaPrelle: Carrying On The Appalachian Tradition
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View ArticleThe Rebirth Of Rye Whiskey And Nostalgia For 'The Good Stuff'
It used to be said that only old men drink rye, sitting alone down at the end of the bar, but that's no longer the case as bartenders and patrons set aside the gins and the vodkas and rediscover the...
View ArticleIn Kentucky's Coal Country, A Resentment For Obama
If the voters in Louisa, Ky., had their wish, Mitt Romney would have taken the oath of office Monday. Louisa is in eastern Kentucky, and "coal" was the one-word issue in the election. President Obama...
View ArticleSteamship Anchors A Community, But Its Days May Be Numbered
On the shores of Lake Michigan, the tiny town of Ludington, Mich., is home port to the last coal-fired ferry in the U.S. The SS Badger has been making trips across the lake to Manitowoc, Wis., during...
View ArticleStruggling W.Va. Town Hopes Boy Scout Camp Brings New Life
Picture a tiny town set along a creek in West Virginia. A mountain rises from the town's eastern edge, overlooking the 1,400 people living below. Then, July comes — and 50,000 people arrive on that...
View ArticleMichigan Apple Orchards Blossom After A Devastating Year
Last year, almost the entire Michigan apple crop was lost because of 80-degree days in March and then some freezing April nights. This year, the apples are back, but everything always depends on the...
View ArticleIn Ohio Town, Okla. Twister Conjures Echoes Of 1974 Disaster
When a tornado roars into a populated area, the change is often drastic and deadly, and it happens within minutes. As the people of Oklahoma struggle to look beyond this month's devastating storms,...
View ArticleIn Neville's Thrillers, Belfast's Violent Past Still Burns
At 41, with long black hair, Stuart Neville looks more like the rock guitarist he used to be than the author he is now. He lives in a small town with his family — not in Belfast, Northern Ireland, the...
View ArticleIn Paducah, Artists Create Something From Nothing
How do you fix a neighborhood? What do you do about crime and drugs and the once-lovely old houses that are falling down? The answer in Paducah, Ky., was to turn it into a special place for artists to...
View ArticleA Day With Elmore Leonard And The White Castle That Wasn't
Upon hearing news of the death of Elmore Leonard, NPR correspondent and former All Things Considered co-host Noah Adams recalls a day he spent with the crime writer in his hometown.Three years ago, I...
View ArticleElmore Leonard, The 'Dickens Of Detroit,' Dies At 87
The writer Elmore Leonard has died. He was 87 years old and had recently suffered a stroke.For decades, Leonard — working at the very top of his profession as a crime writer — had been widely...
View ArticleThe Inspiring Force Of 'We Shall Overcome'
As the nation marks the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, All Things Considered concludes its series about the moments that defined the historic summer of 1963. Back in 1999, Noah Adams...
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