Oil’s nature, the fact that it is everywhere, unctuously oozing into every corner of everyday life, means that it constantly spills over out of our existing forms, genres, and systems, demanding accommodation. To try to contain it, we create new forms—petroforms.

The Keep—the term for “the strongest or central tower of a castle, acting as a final refuge”—is a love letter to an unexpected place and adopted lifestyle in Appalachia by a husband and wife.

Morris explores the song “Take Me Home, Country Roads” in various contexts such as it pertains to West Virginia geography and heritage and the diversity of these beliefs, external perceptions of the state, and the song as a phenomenon across different media platforms.

Each college campus shooting leaves an archival record. Julija Šukys examines the documentation—court transcripts, police reports, institutional reports, and monuments to the dead—and confronts what it means to live in a place where students and their teachers are gunned down on a regular basis.

An engrossing account of technological innovation and business conducted at high speed, showing how the invention of the cable modem engendered the modern revolution in broadband Internet access over a ubiquitous, existing cable television infrastructure.

A disabled woman’s deathbed letter to the adoptive mother of her unexpected child recounting the precarious events of the last year of her life.

How a rocky start with the WVU Mountaineers shaped Bobby Bowden into one of the greatest football coaches in NCAA history.

A critical examination of American small-town narratives contrasted with lived experiences.

Campanioni blends memoir, cultural criticism, and history while mobilizing the intensely personal to explore the very specific cultural issue of contemporary exile.

A keywords-style reference of over 100 contemporary terms on energy and environmental politics connects historical injustices with current environmental crises.