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In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner,  Kendra Winchester is joined by Marianne Worthington, the author Water. Witness. Word. Books Mentioned The Girl Singer by Marianne Worthington Water. Witness. Word. by Marianne Worthington Communion by bell hooks Good Woman by Lucille Clifton Guest Info Marianne Worthington grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee, and moved to southeastern K...

In a special episode of Read Appalachia, Amy Le Ann Richardson and Andrew Preston give listeners a preview of the Appalachian Literary Arts Festival.  A special thank you to Gwenda Bond, Bernard Clay, Mandi Fugate Sheffel, and Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr for their selective readings. Another thank you to Doug Van Gundy for our theme music for this episode. Things Mentioned Appalachian Literary...

In this episode of our Conversations series, Wes Blake and Em J Parsley discuss novellas and more. Things Mentioned Appalachian Literary Arts Festival Books Mentioned Pineville Trace by Wes Blake You, From Below by Em Parsley Kinfolks by Gurney Norman Nothing Gold Can Stay by Ron Rash Stories by Breece D’j Pancake Deviant Hollers edited by Zane McNeill and Rebecca Scott Queer Communion   edited by...

In this episodes of Read Appalachia, Kendra Winchester talks to Kayla Rae Whitaker about her new novel Returns and Exchanges . Things Mentioned Appalachian Literary Arts Festival Books Mentioned Returns and Exchanges by Kayla Rae Whitaker The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker Fat Swim: Fiction by Emma Copley Eisenberg Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke Headshot by Rita Bullwinkle State Champ   by Hilar...

In Read Appalachia’s brand new series, Read Appalachia features Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr. and Robert Gipe in conversation. Things Mentioned Appalachian Literary Arts Festival Books Mentioned Gay Poems f or Red States by Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr. Tore All to Pieces by Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr. Trampoline by Robert Gipe Weedeater by Robert Gipe Pop by Robert Gipe Cipher by Jeremy J...

In this season premiere of Read Appalachia, Kendra Winchester talks to Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jayne Anne Phillips about her new memoir Small Town Girls . Things Mentioned Appalachian Literary Arts Festival Books Mentioned Small Town Girls by Jayne Anne Phillips Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips Black Tickets by Jayne Anne Phillips The Dollmaker by Harriette Arnow A Death in the Family by J...

Kendra Winchester talks to Silas House, the former Poet Laureate of Kentucky. Things Mentioned Read Appalachia Newsletter Books Mentioned Dead Man Blues by S.D. House All These Ghosts by Silas House Lark Ascending by Silas House Southernmost by Silas House The Coal Tattoo by Silas House Clay’s Quilt by Silas House A Parchment of Leaves by Silas House The Crow Trap by Ann Cleeves Raven Black by Ann...

In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner,  Kendra Winchester is joined by upfromsumdirt. Things Mentioned Read Appalachia Newsletter Books Mentioned The Second Stop Is Jupiter: Poems by upfromsumdirt The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife by upfromsumdirt Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James None But the Righteous by Chantal James The Street of Crocodiles and Other Storie...

In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner,  Kendra Winchester is joined by Denton Loving. Things Mentioned Read Appalachia Newsletter Books Mentioned Tamp by Denton Loving Feller by Denton loving Nameless As the Minnows by Connie Jordan Green Lullaby For the Grieving by Ashley M. Jones Peasant by Annie Woodford Pineville Trace by Wes Blake The Art of Lost Souls by Melanie K....

Kendra Winchester talks to Noah Soltau, the Managing Editor of The Red Branch Review . Order Volume 4 Here Website | Instagram Things Mentioned Read Appalachia Newsletter Books Mentioned Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky Frank Sonnets by Diane Seuss Algo Speak by Adam Aleksic Of Fathers and Gods by Jim Roberts Guest Info Noah Soltau is managing editor of The Red Branch Review . His debut collection o...

Kendra Winchester talks to Mandi Fugate Sheffel, the author of The Nature of Pain . Things Mentioned Read Appalachia Newsletter Books Mentioned The Nature of Pain by Mandi Fugate Sheffel Peasant by Annie Woodford Dead Man’s Blues by S.D. House All These Ghosts by Silas House Cipher by Jeremy B. Jones Sleepovers by Ashleigh Bryant Phillips That Which Binds Us by Cathy Rigg Guest Info Mandi Fugate S...

Kendra Winchester talks to Davis Shoulders, the editor of Queer Communion: Religion in Appalachia . Things Mentioned Read Appalachia Newsletter Appalachian Futures Info Fundraiser for  Reclamation: Queering Appalachia’s Visual Memory Book Books Mentioned Queer Communion: Religion in Appalachia edited by Davis Shoulders The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw The Fox and I by Catherine...

Kendra Winchester talks to Jeremy B. Jones, the author of Cipher: Decoding My Ancestor’s Scandalous Secret Diaries . Things Mentioned Read Appalachia Newsletter Remembering and Rebuilding a Family Homestead in Western North Carolina ( Garden & Gun ) Books Mentioned Cipher: Decoding My Ancestor’s Scandalous Secret Diaries by Jeremy B. Jones The Ministry of Time by Keliane Bradley All These Ghos...

In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner,  Kendra Winchester is joined by Marianne Worthington. Things Mentioned Read Appalachia Newsletter Playlist for  The Girl Singer Books Mentioned The Girl Singer by Marianne Worthington What Good Is Heaven by Raye Hendrix The Singing River by Benjamin Morris Have You Had Enough Darkness Yet? by Irene McKinney Load in Nine Times by Fran...

In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner,  Kendra Winchester is joined by Greenville Poet Laureate Glenis Redmond. Things Mentioned Read Appalachia Newsletter Books Mentioned The Song of Everything by Glenis Redmond Over Yonder by Glenis Redmond A Dangerous Heaven by Jo Angela Edwins Letters to Karen Carpenter: And Other Poems by Richard Allen Taylor Grief Slut by Evelyn Ber...

Kendra Winchester talks to Leigh Ann Henion, the author of Night Magic: Adventures Among Glowworms, Moon Gardens, and Other Marvels of the Dark . Things Mentioned Read Appalachia Newsletter Books Mentioned Night Magic: Adventures Among Glowworms, Moon Gardens, and Other Marvels of the Dark by Leigh Ann Henion River of Earth by James Still Dive Right’s Trip by Gurney Norman Prodigal Summer by Barba...

Kendra Winchester talks to Denali Sai Nalamalapu, the author and illustrator of Holler: A Graphic Memoir of Rural Resistance . Things Mentioned Read Appalachia Newsletter Books Mentioned Holler: A Memoir of Rural Resistance by Denali Sai Nalamalapu Ash’s Cabin by Jen Wang Heavyweight by Solomon J. Brager Guest Info Denali Sai Nalamalapu is a climate organizer from Southern Maine and Southern India...

Kendra Winchester talks to Frank X Walker, the author of Load in Nine Times . Things Mentioned Read Appalachia Newsletter Books Mentioned A is for Affrilachia by Frank X Walker, Illustrated by upfromsumdirt Load in Nine Times by Frank X Walker The Big Smoke by Adian Matejka Guest Info The first African American writer to be named Kentucky Poet Laureate, Frank X Walker is Professor of English and A...

Kendra Winchester talks with Dr. Amy Clark, the creator of The Talking Appalachian Podcast. Things Mentioned The Talking Appalachian Podcast Talking Appalachian is a podcast about the Appalachian Mountain region's voiceplace (its words and accents) and other aspects of its culture, such as literature, lore, and locale. Hosted by Dr. Amy Clark, an applied linguist and co-founding Director of t...

Kendra Winchester talks to Wes Browne, the author of They All Fall the Same and Hillbilly Hustle . Things Mentioned After Helene by Blue Ridge Public Radio KY Flood Resources Read Appalachia Newsletter Chicago Sun-Times Points Fingers for AI Article Debacle Books Mentioned Happy Land by Dolen Perkins-Valdez A is for Affrilachia by Frank X Walker, Illustrated by upfromsumdirt Praisesong for the Kit...

In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner, Kendra Winchester is joined by poet Raye Hendrix. Things Mentioned After Helene by Blue Ridge Public Radio KY Flood Resources Read Appalachia's Newsletter Books Mentioned What Good Is Heaven by Raye Hendrix Judas Goat by Gabrielle Bates Blue Yodel by Ansel Elkins The Coal Life by Adam Vines H. M. Cotton Down by Erin Elizabeth Sm...

In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner,  Kendra Winchester is joined by Jim Minick. Things Mentioned After Helene by Blue Ridge Public Radio KY Flood Resources Read Appalachia Newsletter Owning It Audiobook Southern Appalachian Writers Cooperative Books Mentioned The Intimacy of Spoons  by Jim Minick Blueberry Years  by Jim Minick Finding a Clear Path  by Jim Minick Withou...

In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner,  Kendra Winchester is joined by Amy Le Ann Richardson. Things Mentioned After Helene by Blue Ridge Public Radio Executive Order Targeting the IMLS Support Libraries with Libro.fm Books Mentioned Out of Places by Amy Le Ann Richardson Who You Grow Into  by Amy Le Ann Richardson Render / An Apocalypse by Rebecca Gayle Howell Kettle Bot...

In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner,  Kendra Winchester is joined by Idra Novey. Books Mentioned Soon and Wholly  by   Idra Novey Take What You Need  by   Idra Novey Frank: Sonnets  by Diane Seuss The Stone Catchers  by Laura Leigh Morris Guest Info Idra Novey:  Website | Twitter | Instagram --- Show Your Love for Read Appalachia! You can support Read Appalachia by head...

In today’s episode of the podcast, Kendra Winchester talks to authors Rae Garringer and Chris Aluka Berry. Books Mentioned Country Queers: A Love Letter by Rae Garringer Affrilachia: Testimonies by. Chris Aluka Berry Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison Southernmost by Silas House The Prettiest Star by Carter Sickels Another Appalachia by Neema Avashia Praisi...