Appalachia: The Region and its People
CSEGA: Marshall University's Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Gender in Appalachia
Appalachian Region Commission: government commission on Appalachia
Appalachian Trail Conservancy: home page of the Appalachian Trail
Foxfire.org:the group that creates the Foxfire books
Language
The dialect of the Appalachian People: online article from West Virginia History
Southern Appalachian English: website from the University of South Carolina on and about Appalachian English; check out the bibliography!
DARE Language Distribution Maps: in color, these are the "regions" of American English as compiled in the Dictionary of American English; here, also is a list of linguistic regions each state is part of.
YouTube Video description: Excerpt on Appalachian English from the documentary film Mountain Talk.
YouTube video of "John Henry," a folk ballad from the Appalachian region.
Poetry.org: Resource for poets and students of poetry
Poetry Foundation: Foundation website provides articles, poems, and other resources for and about poetry's creation and cultural impacts.