Read Appalachia
A monthly podcast celebrating Appalachian Literature & Writing
Episodes
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
- Queer Communion: Religion in Appalachia edited by Davis Shoulders
- The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw
- The Fox and I by Catherine Raven
- The Salt Stones by Helen Wh...
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)
- Cipher: Decoding My Ancestor’s Scandalous Secret Diaries by Jeremy B. Jones
- The Ministry of Time by Keliane Bradley
- All These Ghosts by Silas House
Guest Info
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In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner, Kendra Winchester is joined by Marianne Worthington.
Things 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 Frank X Walker
- With My Back to the Wo...
In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner, Kendra Winchester is joined by Greenville Poet Laureate Glenis Redmond.
Things 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 Berry
- Arkansas Luggage by Ed Madde...
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
- 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 Barbara Kingsolver
Gu...
Kendra Winchester talks to Denali Sai Nalamalapu, the author and illustrator of Holler: A Graphic Memoir of Rural Resistance.
Things 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. Denali lives in Southwes...
Kendra Winchester talks to Frank X Walker, the author of Load in Nine Times.
Things 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
- 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
- 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
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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
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.
- 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.
- 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...
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