Read Appalachia

In this episode of Read Appalachia, Kendra Winchester talks to Silas House, the author of The Tulip Poplars . Things Mentioned Ep. 52 | Silas House Books Mentioned The Tulip Poplars by Silas House A Parchment of Leaves by Silas House Southernmost by Silas House Lark Ascending by Silas House Partita by Barbara Kingsolver Alec by William Di Canzio Deborah Crombie --- Show Your Love for Read Appalach...

In this episode of Read Appalachia, Kendra Winchester talks to Madeline ffitch, the author of Avalon, Rise . Books Mentioned Avalon, Rise by Madeline ffitch Stay and Fight by Madeline ffitch Black Arts by Megan Giddings Guest Info:  Madeline ffitch is the author of the novel Stay and Fight , a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and a Lambda Literary Prize, as wel...

In this episode of Read Appalachia, Kendra Winchester talks to Pamela Steele, the author of In the Fields of Fatherless Children . Books Mentioned In the Fields of Fatherless Children by Pamela Steele Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver River of Earth by James Still The Milkweed Ladies by Louise McNeill The Birds of Opulence by Crystal Wilkinson A Place on Earth by Wendall Berry Perma Red by De...

In this episode of Read Appalachia, Kendra Winchester talks to Doc McLemore about their forensic memoir, Someday We Won’t Remember This . Things Mentioned Ep. 63 | Justin Wymer, Let the Forest Go Books Mentioned Someday We Won’t Remember This: A Forensic Memoir of My Father’s Secrets by Doc McLemore Two or Three Things I Know for Sure by Dorothy Allison My Corpse Inside by Wes Jamison Carrion by W...

In this episode of Read Appalachia’s minisode series, Poetry Corner, Kendra Winchester talks to Mary Leauna Christensen about her forthcoming poetry collection Beading Water , which will be out from Wesleyan University Press in spring 2027. Things Mentioned Pre-order Beading Water Books Mentioned Beading Water by Mary Leauna Christensen WHEREAS by Layli Long Soldier Horses by Jake Skeets Eyes Bott...

In this episode of Read Appalachia’s minisode series, Poetry Corner, Kendra Winchester talks to Justin Wymer the author of Let the Forest Go, which is out now from the University Press of Kentucky. Books Mentioned Let the Forest Go by Justin Wymer Carrion by Wes Jamison Nomenclature by Dionne Brand  Shae by Mesha Maren Poem Bitten by a Man by Brian Teare Guest Info Justin Wymer is a writer and edu...

In this episode of Read Appalachia’s minisode series, Poetry Corner, Kendra Winchester talks to Noah Soltau about his poetry collection Titanfall . Things Mentioned Read Appalachia, Ep. 49 | The Red Branch Review The Red Branch Review Books Mentioned Titanfall by Noah Soltau The Mobius Strip Club of Grief by Bianca Stone Its Day Being Gone by Rose McLarney Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinnamin  He...

In this episodes of Read Appalachia, Kendra Winchester talks to Emilee Hackney about her debut book  All That’s Unseen: An Appalachian Memoir . Things Mentioned Appalachian Literary Arts Festival Books Mentioned All That’s Unseen by Emilee Hackney Crappalachia by Scott McClanahan Good Inside by Becky Kennedy What to Expect the First Year by Heidi Murkoff  Fair and Tender Ladies by Lee Smith Hill W...

In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner,  Kendra Winchester is joined by Danni Quintos, the author Two Brown Dots. Books Mentioned Two Brown Dots by Danni Quintos Sula by Toni Morrison Green of All Heads by Aracelis Girmay Replica by Lisa Low All the Words I Can Remember Are Poems by Michelle Peñaloza All This Want (and I Can’t Get None) by T Clark Guest Info Danni Quintos...

In this episode of Read Appalachia’s conversations series, Joe Bond and Mandi Fugate Sheffel discuss everything from writing inspired by their lived experiences to future of Kentucky during the ongoing opioid crisis. Things Mentioned Appalachian Literary Arts Festival Books Mentioned Hope House by Joe Bond The Nature of Pain by Mandi Fugate Sheffel Returns and Exchanges by Kayla Rae Whitaker Water...

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...