For the first time, all 32 years of Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine are available online through East Tennessee State University’s Digital Archives, giving readers unprecedented access to one of the region’s most significant literary and cultural publications. The milestone comes as Appalachian Places: Stories From The Highlands celebrates its fifth anniversary, continuing a 37-year legacy of Appalachian storytelling that began with Now & Then in 1984.

Rick Van Noy is the author of four books, including Borne by the River: Canoeing the Delaware from Headwaters to Home (Cornell 2024) and Sudden Spring: Stories of Adaptation in a Climate-Changed South (Georgia 2019). He is a professor of English at Radford University.