Read Appalachia

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...

In Read Appalachia’s season finale, Kendra Winchester is joined by Mandi Fugate Sheffel, the owner of the bookstore Read Spotted Newt, which is located in Hazard, Kentucky. Things Mentioned Read Spotted Newt Website Support the Read Spotted Newt on Bookshop.org Storygraph Books Mentioned All affiliate links for this episode go to support the Read Spotted Newt. Guest Info Mandi Fugate Sheffel was b...

This month’s episode is about short stories! Host Kendra Winchester talks to special guests Halle Hill and George Singleton. Things Mentioned Short Story Advent Calendar Hub City Press Books Mentioned Guest Info Halle Hill is from East Tennessee and lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. A graduate of Maryville College and the M.F.A. Writing program at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), s...

Host Kendra Winchester is joined by Nathan Shuherk (@schizophrenicreads) to chat about regional American literature and the commonalities between the Midwest and Appalachia. Things Mentioned Schizophrenic Reads: The Podcast Books Mentioned Guest Info Nathan Shuherk (@schizophrenicreads) is a book influencer that focuses on nonfiction books. He lives in Indianapolis with his partner, 3 cats, and to...

In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner,  Kendra Winchester is joined by special guest Denton Loving. Books Mentioned Tamp by Denton Loving Valediction: Poems and Prose by Linda Parsons R ing of Earth by William Woolfitt Outside the Frame by Catherine Pritchard Childress  The Act of Contrition & Other Stories by Joseph Bathanti And Dogs to Chase Them by Ray Trotter Asid...

For September’s theme, we’re discussing rural literature for young people. Host Kendra Winchester is joined by special guests Dr. Chea Parton and Nora Shalaway Carpenter. Things Mentioned Literacy In Place Reading Rural YAL podcast Whippoorwill Book Award for Rural YA Literature Read Appalachia / Literacy in Place Collaboration  Books Mentioned GUEST INFO Chea Parton X | Instagram | Website Nora S...

In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner,  Kendra Winchester is joined by special guest Marlanda Dekine. Books Mentioned Thresh & Hold   by Marlanda Dekine Motherworld: A Devotional for the Alter-Life by Destiny Hemphill River Hymns  by Tyree Daye Cardinal by Tyree Daye Gossypiin by Ra Malika Imhotep Rice by Nikki Finney Guest Info Marlanda Dekine Twitter | Instagram | W...

It’s Read Appalachia’s Birthday! Host Kendra Winchester is joined by special guests David Joy and Joy Priest. You can find the complete show notes over on our website. Things Mentioned Interview with Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle ( Reading Women ) Interview with Leah Hampton ( Reading Women ) Interview with Bernard Clay ( 100 Days in Appalachia ) Books Mentioned Guest Info David Joy   Twitter | Inst...

In the second installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner,  Kendra Winchester is joined by special guest Lucien Darjeun Meadows. You can find the complete show notes over on Read Appalachia's website. BOOKS MENTIONED In the Hands of the River by Lucien Darjeun Meadows Becoming AppalAsian by Lisa Kwong Where you Come From Is Gone by Annie Woodford Thresh & Hold   by Marlanda Dekine M...

For Disability Pride Month, host Kendra Winchester is joined by Appodlachia co-host Callie Pruett Schwaber to discuss the importance of disabled people telling their own stories. Things Mentioned Kendra’s interview with Alice Wong on  Reading Women Books Mentioned Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally  by Emily Ladeau Blind Man’s Bluff: A Memoir  by James Tate H...

In the very first installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner,  Kendra Winchester is joined by special guest Emma Galloway Stephens. GUEST INFO Emma Galloway Stephens is a professor of English and creative writing with an MFA from Converse University. Her poems have been published in Catfish Stew (the annual anthology of the South Carolina Writer’s Association) and The Windhover, and will ap...