This week we visit with Amy Le Ann Richardson in Carter County, Kentucky.
Amy Le Ann Richardson earned an MFA in Creative Writing from Spalding University (‘09) and is the author of two poetry chapbooks, Make Believe Worlds We Built Together (Bottlecap Press, 2023) and Who You Grow Into (Finishing Line Press, 2024), as well as a full collection, Out of Places (Pine Row Press, 2025). Her work has been featured in journals such as Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel, Kentucky Monthly, Untelling, and Still: The Journal. She currently lives and works on her family farm in Carter County, Kentucky, where she writes, grows food, and engages with her community through art and environmental advocacy.
You can find her artwork at www.chickenhousestudio.com and her farm at www.forgottenfoods.com. Also, see her Etsy store here: https://kymtnwriter.etsy.com
Amy's Books on the Bed:
The Book of Delights by Ross Gay
Where You Come from Is Gone by Annie Woodford
Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place by Neema Avashia
When Stars Rain Down by Angela Jackson-Brown
Strange As This Weather Has Been by Ann Pancake
Gay Poems for Red States by Willie Edward Taylor Carver, Jr.
Matt's Gifts for Amy:
Glass Jaw by Raisa Tolchinsky
Thunder Song: Essays by Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe
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