Read Appalachia

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 African American and Africa...

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 the Center for Appalachian Stu...

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 Kitchen Ghosts by Crystal Wilkinson
• ...

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 Smith
• Felon by Reginald Dwayne Betts
...

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
• Without Warning: The Tornado by Jim Minick
• ...

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 Bottom by Diane Gilliam Fisher
• Perfe...

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
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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
• Praising for the Kitchen Ghosts by Crystal Wil...

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
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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 Catchers 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 Son of Mine b...

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 is a Man’s Nightmare by Megan Kamalei Kakimot...

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 Labor by Hamilton Nolan
• Slime Line by Jake ...

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 Review, swamp pink (Crazyhors...

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 Gornick
• Bastard Out of Carolina by Doroth...

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 Tyehimba Jess
• Isaac Murphy: I Dedicate This...

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 Dawoud Bey
• The Afronauts by Cristina De Mi...

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 Pancake
• Black Ticket: Stories by Jan...

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 by Doug Van Gundy

Guest Info

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 
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