Read Appalachia

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...

In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner,  Kendra Winchester is joined by Emilie Menzel. Books Mentioned The Girl Who Became a Rabbit by Emilie Menzel The Book of Frank by Caconrad Sea & Fog by Etel Adnan Whatsaid Serif by Nathaniel Mackey Grief Is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter Guest Info Emilie Menzel:  Instagram | Website --- Show Your Love for Read Appalachia!...

In today’s episode, host Kendra Winchester talks to debut authors Monic Ductan and Laura Leigh Morris. Things Mentioned Debutiful Books Mentioned Daughters of Muscadine by Monic Ductan The Stone Catcher s by Laura Leigh Morris Mama Said by Kristen Gentry Deep Ruts by Julie Rae Powers The Sound of Holding Your Breath by Natalie Sypolt Horsepower by Joy Priest The Prettiest Star by Carter Sickels No...

In the special episode of the podcast, Kendra Winchester is joined by Adam Vitcavage, the founder of Debutiful. Books Mentioned Housemates by Emma Copley Eisenberg Daughters of Muscadine by Monic Ductan Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H Temple Folk   by Aaliyah Bilal Good Women by Halle Hill Mouth by Puloma Ghosh There is a Rio Grande in Heaven by Ruben Reyes Jr Company   by Shannon Sanders Every Drop...

It’s Read Appalahia’s fourth birthday! In today’s episode of the podcast, Kendra Winchester talks to authors Mesha Maren and Taylor Brown. Books Mentioned Shae by Mesha Maren Rednecks by Taylor Brown The MANIAC by Benjamín Labatut You Are the Snake by Juliet Escoria Fight Like Hell: the Untold Story of American Labor by Kim Kelly The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labo...

In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner,  Kendra Winchester is joined by Amy M. Alvarez. Books Mentioned Makeshift Altar by Amy M. Alvarez Blue on a Blue Palette by Lynne Thompson Becoming AppalAsian by Lisa Kwong Incendiary Art by Patricia Smith Mothman Apologia Volume 116   by Robert Wood Lynn Guest Info Amy M. Alvarez’s work has appeared in Ploughshares , The Missouri Re...

In today’s episode of the podcast, Kendra Winchester talks to authors Natalie Naudus and Jonathan Corcoran. Books Mentioned Gay the Pray Away by Natalie Naudus No Son of Mine by Jonathan Corcoran The Prettiest Star by Carter Sickels Another Appalachia by Neema Avashia Shae by Mesha Maren Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips Black Tickets by Jayne Anne Phillips Fierce Attachments: A Memoir by Vivian...

In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner,  Kendra Winchester is joined by Dorian Hairston. Books Mentioned Pretend the Ball Is Named Jim Crow: The Story of Josh Gibson by Dorian Hairston Love Child's Hotbed of Occasional Poetry: Poems & Artifacts by Nikki Finney Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts   by Crystal Wilkinson The Big Smoke by Adrian Matejka Leadbelly by Tye...

In today's episode of the podcast, Kendra Winchester talks to photographers Raymond Thompson Jr and Julie Rae Powers. Books Mentioned Buy  Deep Ruts Appalachian Ghost by Raymond Thompson Jr The Book of the Dead by Muriel Rukeyser The Hawk’s Nest Incident: America's Worst Industrial Disaster by Martin Cherniack The Hawk’s Nest Tunnel: An Unabridged History by Patricia Spangler Elegy by Da...

In this special live recording of Read Appalachia, host Kendra Winchester talks to Ron Rash and Ann Pancake. A special thanks to Jeremy B. Jones and Western Carolina University for hosting us at the 22nd Spring Literary Festival. Books Mentioned Above the Waterfall by Ron Rash The Risen by Ron Rash Strange As This Weather Has Been by Ann Pancake The Stories of Breece d'j Pancake by Breece d’j...

In this special edition of Poetry Corner, host Kendra Winchester is joined in conversation with poets Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr., Rahul Mehta, and Doug Van Gundy. A special thanks to the librarians at Western Carolina University for helping arrange this recording. Books Mentioned Gay Poems for Read States  by Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr. Feeding Ghosts  by Rahul Mehta A Life Above Water  b...

In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner,  Kendra Winchester is joined by Ohio Poet Laureate Kari Gunter-Seymour. Books Mentioned Dirt Songs by Kari Gunter-Seymour Alone in the House of My Heart: Poems by Kari Gunter-Seymour Women Speak Volume 9 edited by Kari Gunter-Seymour Things Mentioned Women of Appalachia Project Guest Info Kari Gunter-Seymour   Website | Instagram | X...

Host Kendra Winchester talks to Neema Avashia and Sarah Lemon about their experience carving out the time to write. Things Mentioned Lemon’s Substack,  The Devil’s Cut Books Mentioned GUESTS Neema Avashia Website | Instagram | Twitter / X Sarah Nicole Lemon Website | Instagram --- Show Your Love for Read Appalachia! You can support Read Appalachia by heading over to our merch store , tipping us ov...

In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner,  Kendra Winchester is joined by special guest upfromsumdirt. Books Mentioned The Second Stop Is Jupiter by upfromsumdirt Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed Quilting: Poems 1987-1990 by Lucille Clifton Let the Dead In by Saida Agostini upfromsumdirt , Ron Davis, is an autodidactic poet and award-winning visual artist based in Lexington, Kent...

In a special episode of the podcast, Kendra interviews Julie Rae Powers about their new photography book, Deep Ruts . Julie Rae Powers received their MFA in Photography from The Ohio State University and their BFA in Photography from James Madison University. Their photographic and written work has focused on family history, coal, Appalachia, the queer “female” gaze, the butch body, and queer chos...

To kick off Season 2 of Read Appalachia, host Kendra Winchester talks to special guests Erica Abrams Locklear and Crystal Wilkinson. You can find the full show notes here. Things Mentioned Chefs Mentioned John Fleer, Rhubarb William Dissen, The Marketplace Ashleigh Shanti, Good Hot Fish Sean Brock, Audrey Travis Milton, Hickory Books Mentioned GUEST INFO Erica Abrams Locklear Crystal Wilkinson Web...