Spent the afternoon sending out poems. I’m very unorganized at this task.

I just shared a big update on my mushroom foraging guide I’m writing 🙌 There’s a free video on Patreon patreon.com/luke_venechuk Pretty sure I used the phrase “hell yeah” more than any other mushroom guide author ✍️

I will be selecting the winner of the Ashland Poetry Press' Richard Snyder Prize for a full-length collection. Submissions open today. Final deadline is the first of May. ashlandpoetrypress.com/2026-richard...

...help me help you. 😌☺️

So here comes the encouragement: * you are not alone * this, too, shall pass * keep writing because someone needs your story * keep writing because you love the craft * you have survived 100% of the times that felt impossible * art is rebellion * art feeds your soul * winter is for lying fallow 8/

I say this every ding dang year, but PLEASE if you have friends/family who you don't know what they need for the holidays, ask if they need something for their pets. I'm helping SO many people raise funds for spay/neuter right now. Many people want help, not presents 💗

NEW PODCAST EPISODE! In today’s episode @kdwinchester.bsky.social talks to @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social about his new poetry collection THE SHOES OF THE FISHERMAN’S WIFE. Have a listen! www.readappalachia.com/blog/ep-51-u...

Jeremy B. Jones and Denton Loving discuss Jones’s new memoir “Cipher,” the process of journaling, what it’s like to be haunted, and whether the past offers any hope for our current times.

Red Branch Review #4 is gorgeous. I have a poem along with a number of great poets, writers, and artists. Order here: www.redbranchreview.org

ALL THESE GHOSTS is a finalist for the Southern Book Prize. This award is special because booksellers pick the finalists and readers pick the winner. I’m honored to be a finalist among such an amazing lineup. You can vote for your favorites here. thesouthernbooksellerreview.org/southern-boo...

Appalachian Voices is seeking a community outreach intern to join our team. This is a part time, paid 12-week position that will support our ongoing work to fight fossil fuel projects. Apply by July 18! #NonProfitJobs https://appalachian.bamboohr.com/careers/51

Way down yonder in the Pawpaw Patch. Trees are full.

Mood on the ridge this morning.

Thrilled to be in this issue edited by Jeremy Paden [email protected]

Sent out ten poems yesterday. Moving forward.

I’m proud to be in this wonderful group.

mountainstatespotlight.org/2025/03/20/l... Industry capture, a tale as old as time in Appalachia. 1 in 4 water systems in WV had public health violations in 2023.

“My writing is a negotiation with trauma and the world that produced it, so I am motivated by unearthing, exploring, and, hopefully, eventually coming to peace with said trauma....I try to imagine new worlds in my writing, spaces that don’t yet exist...” J Jennifer Espinoza #poetry #writer

A huge thank you to Sara Henning for her generous words about my debut poetry collection: CATCH & RELEASE! I’m so grateful for the support and can’t wait to share this book with my friends next week! If you’d like to grab a copy for 20% off, you can find it on my author website, linked in my bio.

For the new folks here, take a look at my latest poetry book, The Safety of Small Things. It’s about cancer treatment, medical trauma, recovery, and healing. www.kentuckypress.com/978195056437...

SUBMIT SUBMIT SUBMIT ⬇️⬇️⬇️

NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

There are so many fascinating stories of Appalachia. appalachianmemories.org/2025/03/01/b... #truecrime #truestory #news #appalachia #political #murder #crime #writing #book #author #photography #photo #kentucky #history #unitedstates #politics

Friends, please join me and fellow poet @taylorfthiel.bsky.social in celebrating our book launches for 'CATCH & RELEASE' & 'BONE VALLEY HYMNAL' 🙂 Taylor and I will read from our new collections and have a friendly chat about love, family, the self, and perseverance. Don't forget to pre-order!

Calling all poets! Enter the Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize for a chance to win $2,000 and publication. Submissions open until April 30th! ✍️✨ #PoetryContest #WritingCommunity

I realize what a long shot this is, but our kid threw their beloved teddy bear out of the shopping cart at the Target at Sunset and Western in Hollywood. Teddy is much missed if you happen to hear of a missing bear!

NEW: You can help federal workers! We are fundraising for legal expenses. I have applied for non-profit status so your pledge could be tax deductible! Help support and defend our civil servants here, and please share widely 🙏 Patreon.com/fedoath

Event, Jan 31, 2025, 5p | Rx: Conversations about Medicine and Writing, featuring Lenny Grant and Lakshmi Krishnan, and moderated by JHU’s own Jeremy Greene. Open to all. Link for free registration: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Jessica Miles hosts a new podcast about Appalachian women. Take a listen to her introduction to the series and check out her first episode, coming tomorrow. @mountainlaurels.bsky.social

🔥 REP. MITCHELL: “HE SHOULD RESIGN.” @votebo rips @GovBillLee for taking 4 months to get aid to East TN communities hit by the hurricane seemingly to tie it to his voucher scam. (Local mayors have said they felt pressured to support the vouchers to get aid) Full: www.threads.net/@thetnholler...

HAPPENING NOW: House Republicans are having women removed by troopers who were sitting silently as they push their immigration crackdown They just killed an amendment that would keep churches and schools from being raided. Thread: bsky.app/profile/kgre...

Do you love bluegrass music? Well then what are you waiting for come out to Sweetbay Brewing Co. this Saturday Jan 25th at 2pm and catch @bnbom.bsky.social live in person & Alli Epperson at 4pm. Chili Lime Kitchen will be cooking up some great food beginning at 130pm! youtu.be/37YiDQfo2Hw

Statement by Appalachian Voices on impact of Trump energy executive orders on rural Appalachia appvoices.org/2025/01/21/t...

Hosted the very talented Hannah Rae Adams on my radio show Appalachian Artists Live yesterday from the studios WEHC & WISE FM RADIO Emory & Henry University, here is Hannah performing "Blue" youtu.be/WJvHD_u2k5Q

LOOK AT THIS LINE UP OF APPALACHIAN WOMEN ROCK STARS! Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #ohiopoetlaureate Sheila-Na-Gig online

East Tennessee folks - this Sunday I hope you’ll join Charles Dodd White and me at @unionavebooks in Knoxville. We’ll be discussing my new novel WHERE DARK THINGS GROW, our love of southern gothic, and anything else that comes up. Hope you can make it.

Love, love, love this interview. It’s interesting to note that (as far as I’m aware) in our neck of SWVA, the biggest damages were around Damascus, which is an agricultural area. We had some historical mining towns that felt the impacts but there wasn’t a clear increase in damage in extracted areas

It’s amazing the difference in coverage in the floods we experienced in southern Appalachia &the LA fires. Both suffered losing everything &there is a much higher death count from Helene, here Even when they talk about Helene, they only mention Florida. Why? Cuz Appalachia isn’t mostly rich ppl

Thr Bridge Project will provide cash assistance to pregnant individuals and their babies in an effort to reduce stress, increase stability, and create positive multi-generational impacts. Accepting applications for individuals from #Appalachia www.bridgeproject.org/apply

The good people over at Hindman have put together a smorgasbord of poems and stories and art from lots of great people, including: @mworthington.bsky.social @kymtnwriter.bsky.social @karigunterseymour.bsky.social @thecosmicpossum.bsky.social hindman.org/untelling/is...

My book, The Safety of Small Things turns one year old! The University Press of Kentucky

Great article by @silashouse.bsky.social regarding Jean Ritchie: her talent, her contribution to lift up Appalachia, Appalachian music and Folk Music. It also provides good historical backstory in why her omission from #ACompleteUnknown hinders the film. silashouse.substack.com/p/where-cred...

Eight years ago today, I had my surgery for TNBC. Chemo and radiation took almost a year. I’m still kicking. @thankscancer.bsky.social

I wrote about why Little Debbie’s Christmas Tree Cakes are the perfect Appalachian petit fours and how they became a phenomenon. Read and share, please. @littledebbies.bsky.social www.southernfoodways.org/oh-christmas...

“Helping these families “has been absolutely amazing,” Adams said, adding that they’ve been incredibly grateful, especially since many thought they wouldn’t be able to provide Christmas for their kids.”

I used to think that loss was an indefinable void inside us, but now I think it comes in a definite shape. My essay explores the bond I had with my loving grandmother and how 1980s tennis and @martinanav.bsky.social played a role. #writing #writesky bluevilla.org/kellie-brown...

Looking to connect with accounts posting about Appalachian issues...more specifically, northern #Appalachia issues...even more specifically, Allegheny Mountains issues. If you're out there, say hello. #pennsylvania #bluedot