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In this episode of Read Appalachia, Kendra Winchester talks to Silas House, the author of The Tulip Poplars.Things MentionedEp. 52 | Silas HouseBooks MentionedThe Tulip Poplars by Silas HouseA Parchment of Leaves by Silas HouseSouthernmost by Silas HouseLark Ascending by Silas HousePartita by Barbara KingsolverAlec by William Di CanzioDeborah Crombie---Show Your Love for Read Appalachia!You can support Read Appalachia by heading over to our merch store, tipping us over on Ko-fi, or by sharing the podcast with a friend! For more ways to support the show, head over to our Support page.Follow Read AppalachiaFacebook | Twitter | Instagram | TikTokContactFor feedback or to just say “hi,” you can reach us at readappalachia[at]gmail.comMusic by Olexy from Pixabay

In this episode of Read Appalachia, Kendra Winchester talks to Madeline ffitch, the author of Avalon, Rise.Books MentionedAvalon, Rise by Madeline ffitchStay and Fight by Madeline ffitchBlack Arts by Megan GiddingsGuest 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 well as the story collection Valparaiso, Round the Horn. She cofounded the punk theater company Missoula Oblongata and was part of the rural direct action collective Appalachia Resist, which took as its commitments environmental and racial justice. Her writing has appeared in Harper’s Magazine, The Paris Review, Tin House, Granta, and n+1, among other publications. She is the recipient of a Creative Capital State of the Art Prize and two O. Henry Prizes, and her writing was included in The Best American Short Stories 2024. She lives with her children in the hills of Appalachian Ohio.Instagram | Website---Show Your Love for Read Appalachia!You can support Read Appalachia by heading over to our merch store, tipping us over on Ko-fi, or by sharing the podcast with a friend! For more ways to support the show, head over to our Support page.Follow Read AppalachiaFacebook | Twitter | Instagram | TikTokContactFor feedback or to just say “hi,” you can reach us at readappalachia[at]gmail.comMusic by Olexy from Pixabay

In this episode of Read Appalachia, Kendra Winchester talks to Pamela Steele, the author of In the Fields of Fatherless Children.Books MentionedIn the Fields of Fatherless Children by Pamela SteeleDemon Copperhead by Barbara KingsolverRiver of Earth by James StillThe Milkweed Ladies by Louise McNeillThe Birds of Opulence by Crystal WilkinsonA Place on Earth by Wendall BerryPerma Red by Debra Magpie EarlingA Parchment of Leaves by Silas HouseThe Tulip Poplars by Silas HouseLand by Maggie O’FarrellThe Meadow by James GalvinGuest InfoPamela Steele was born in West Virginia, and grew up between Oregon and Tennessee. She received her MFA in Poetry from Spalding University and her poetry collection Paper Bird was nominated for an Oregon Book Award in 2008. She currently teaches composition classes at Blue Mountain Community College in Hermiston, Oregon.Instagram---Show Your Love for Read Appalachia!You can support Read Appalachia by heading over to our merch store, tipping us over on Ko-fi, or by sharing the podcast with a friend! For more ways to support the show, head over to our Support page.Follow Read AppalachiaFacebook | Twitter | Instagram | TikTokContactFor feedback or to just say “hi,” you can reach us at readappalachia[at]gmail.comMusic by Olexy from Pixabay

In this episode of Read Appalachia, Kendra Winchester talks to Doc McLemore about their forensic memoir, Someday We Won’t Remember This.Things MentionedEp. 63 | Justin Wymer, Let the Forest GoBooks MentionedSomeday We Won’t Remember This: A Forensic Memoir of My Father’s Secrets by Doc McLemoreTwo or Three Things I Know for Sure by Dorothy AllisonMy Corpse Inside by Wes JamisonCarrion by Wes JamisonLet the Forest Go by Justin WymerThe Sound of Burning by Kristi D. OsarioGuest InfoDoc McLemore is a writer who calls Oregon, West Virginia, and New Orleans home. Their work ties together considerations of class, gender, memory, and justice while also trying to find language for how frantically beautiful this misery can be. Their writing has appeared in Salvation South, The Activist History Review, and The Sunlight Press.Website | Instagram---Show Your Love for Read Appalachia!You can support Read Appalachia by heading over to our merch store, tipping us over on Ko-fi, or by sharing the podcast with a friend! For more ways to support the show, head over to our Support page.Follow Read AppalachiaFacebook | Twitter | Instagram | TikTokContactFor feedback or to just say “hi,” you can reach us at readappalachia[at]gmail.comMusic by Olexy from Pixabay

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 MentionedPre-order Beading WaterBooks MentionedBeading Water by Mary Leauna ChristensenWHEREAS by Layli Long SoldierHorses by Jake SkeetsEyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers by Jake SkeetsDog Flowers by Danielle GellerGuest InfoMary Leauna Christensen is a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and received her PhD from the University of Southern Mississippi. Her poetry can be found in Southern Humanities Review, Denver Quarterly, Puerto del Sol, Cream City Review, and Poetry Daily, among others. Her nonfiction has also appeared in the Common and in Black Warrior Review. She was named a 2022 Indigenous Nations Poets fellow for the inaugural In-Na-Po retreat and was selected as a returning fellow for 2023 and 2025. Her first poetry collection, Beading Water, releases in 2027 from Wesleyan University Press. With No’u Revilla and Annie Wenstrup, Mary is co-editing a forthcoming anthology of contemporary Indigenous poetry and poetics (Wesleyan University Press).---Show Your Love for Read Appalachia!You can support Read Appalachia by heading over to our merch store, tipping us over on Ko-fi, or by sharing the podcast with a friend! For more ways to support the show, head over to our Support page.Follow Read AppalachiaFacebook | Twitter | Instagram | TikTokContactFor feedback or to just say “hi,” you can reach us at readappalachia[at]gmail.comMusic by Olexy from Pixabay

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 MentionedLet the Forest Go by Justin WymerCarrion by Wes JamisonNomenclature by Dionne Brand Shae by Mesha MarenPoem Bitten by a Man by Brian TeareGuest InfoJustin Wymer is a writer and educator from West Virginia. He is the author of DEED and has been honored by the Harvard Office for the Arts, the Radcliffe Institute, the University of Iowa, and the Academy of American Poets. His work appears in the Boston Review, the Kenyon Review, Literary Hub, and other publications. Find him online at justinwymer.com.---Show Your Love for Read Appalachia!You can support Read Appalachia by heading over to our merch store, tipping us over on Ko-fi, or by sharing the podcast with a friend! For more ways to support the show, head over to our Support page.Follow Read AppalachiaFacebook | Twitter | Instagram | TikTokContactFor feedback or to just say “hi,” you can reach us at readappalachia[at]gmail.comMusic by Olexy from Pixabay

In this episode of Read Appalachia’s minisode series, Poetry Corner, Kendra Winchester talks to Noah Soltau about his poetry collection Titanfall.Things MentionedRead Appalachia, Ep. 49 | The Red Branch ReviewThe Red Branch ReviewBooks MentionedTitanfall by Noah SoltauThe Mobius Strip Club of Grief by Bianca StoneIts Day Being Gone by Rose McLarneyDungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinnamin He Who Fights with Monsters by ShirtaloonGuest InfoNoah Soltau’s work stands at the busy intersection of art and politics. He is the author of Titanfall (Madville Publishing, 2026) and managing editor of The Red Branch Review. His most recent work appears in Cutleaf, Raw Head: Point Blank, Wild Roof Journal, and elsewhere. He lives and works in East Tennessee.Instagram---Show Your Love for Read Appalachia!You can support Read Appalachia by heading over to our merch store, tipping us over on Ko-fi, or by sharing the podcast with a friend! For more ways to support the show, head over to our Support page.Follow Read AppalachiaFacebook | Twitter | Instagram | TikTokContactFor feedback or to just say “hi,” you can reach us at readappalachia[at]gmail.comMusic by Olexy from Pixabay

In this episodes of Read Appalachia, Kendra Winchester talks to Emilee Hackney about her debut book All That’s Unseen: An Appalachian Memoir.Things MentionedAppalachian Literary Arts FestivalBooks MentionedAll That’s Unseen by Emilee HackneyCrappalachia by Scott McClanahanGood Inside by Becky KennedyWhat to Expect the First Year by Heidi Murkoff Fair and Tender Ladies by Lee SmithHill Women by Cassidy ChambersGuest InfoEmilee Hackney grew up in the coalfields of southwest Virginia. She graduated from Harvard University with a BA in English and briefly attended Vanderbilt University’s MFA program. All That’s Unseen is her first book.Website | Instagram---Show Your Love for Read Appalachia!You can support Read Appalachia by heading over to our merch store, tipping us over on Ko-fi, or by sharing the podcast with a friend! For more ways to support the show, head over to our Support page.Follow Read AppalachiaFacebook | Twitter | Instagram | TikTokContactFor feedback or to just say “hi,” you can reach us at readappalachia[at]gmail.comMusic by Olexy from Pixabay

In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner,  Kendra Winchester is joined by Danni Quintos, the author Two Brown Dots.Books MentionedTwo Brown Dots by Danni QuintosSula by Toni MorrisonGreen of All Heads by Aracelis GirmayReplica by Lisa LowAll the Words I Can Remember Are Poems by Michelle PeñalozaAll This Want (and I Can’t Get None) by T ClarkGuest InfoDanni Quintos is the author of the poetry collection, Two Brown Dots (BOA Editions, 2022), chosen by Aimee Nezhukumatathil as winner of the A. Poulin Jr. Prize, and PYTHON (Argus House, 2017), an ekphrastic chapbook featuring photography by her sister, Shelli Quintos. She is a Kentuckian, a knitter, an educator, and an Affrilachian Poet. She received her BA from The Evergreen State College, and her MFA in Poetry from Indiana University. Her work has appeared in Poetry Magazine, Cream City Review, Cincinnati Review, The Margins, Best New Poets 2015, Salon, and elsewhere. Quintos lives in Lexington with her kids & farmer-spouse & their little dog too.Website---Show Your Love for Read Appalachia!You can support Read Appalachia by heading over to our merch store, tipping us over on Ko-fi, or by sharing the podcast with a friend! For more ways to support the show, head over to our Support page.Follow Read AppalachiaFacebook | Twitter | Instagram | TikTokContactFor feedback or to just say “hi,” you can reach us at readappalachia[at]gmail.comMusic by Olexy from Pixabay

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 MentionedAppalachian Literary Arts FestivalBooks MentionedHope House by Joe BondThe Nature of Pain by Mandi Fugate SheffelReturns and Exchanges by Kayla Rae WhitakerWater. Witness. Word.by Marianne WorthingtonA Middle-Aged Woman Rages by Melissa Jørgenrud HeltonDirt Pusher by Daisy CashinGuest InfoHope House is Joe Bond’s first novel. He began working on it after his story “Damico” won The Masters Review Short Story Award. His writing has been published by The Paris Review, People, New South, The New Ohio Review and ESPN. He grew up around group homes in eastern Kentucky and lives now in New Orleans.Website | InstagramMandi Fugate Sheffel was born and raised in Redfox, Kentucky. She is the owner of the Read Spotted Newt, an independent bookstore in Hazard, Kentucky, and has been involved with the Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky and the Appalachian Arts Alliance, among other organizations. Her personal essays and opinion pieces can be found in Still: The Journal, Appalachian Journal, The Lexington Herald-Leader, and The Courier Journal.Website | Instagram | Read Spotted Newt | Read Spotted Newt Instagram---Show Your Love for Read Appalachia!You can support Read Appalachia by heading over to our merch store, tipping us over on Ko-fi, or by sharing the podcast with a friend! For more ways to support the show, head over to our Support page.Follow Read AppalachiaFacebook | Twitter | Instagram | TikTokContactFor feedback or to just say “hi,” you can reach us at readappalachia[at]gmail.comMusic by Olexy from Pixabay