In the 2025 season finale of the podcast, @kdwinchester.bsky.social talks with @silashouse.bsky.social about his debut poetry collection ALL THESE GHOSTS and his debut murder mystery DEAD MAN BLUES. Have a listen! 🎧 www.readappalachia.com/blog/ep-52-s...

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My short story, “Another Country”, is set on January 6 (Old Christmas/Day of Epiphany) and is a modern Appalachian retelling of Joyce’s “The Dead”. I hope you’ll have time to read it as the Twelve Days of Christmas come to an end. blackbird-archive.vcu.edu/v14n2/fictio...

In his debut crime novel, Silas House @silashouse.bsky.social gives us a gripping story and compelling characters, a classic page turner. Set in a small southern town of shared connections and histories, the book masterfully weaves motive and suspicion with intriguing clues on every page. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Silas shared some of his remarkable #poetry, and I was reminded of how powerful the #arts can be as we talk with the people around us about the importance of democracy and how much impact losing it would have on our lives @silashouse.bsky.social @joycewhitevance.bsky.social

Join me and SG Goodman for this private event in NYC to benefit the Kentucky Wildlands. www.eventbrite.com/e/kentuckian...

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...

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DEAD MAN BLUES is the @barnesandnoble.com mystery/thriller pick for October! Get your copy here. www.barnesandnoble.com/b/books/awar...

Join me and Wiley Cash this Thursday to discuss my new mystery, DEAD MAN BLUES. Free and open to everyone, but you must register. www.eventbrite.com/e/bn-midday-...

"Music has always been a tremendous part of my life, so it makes sense that plenty of songs show up throughout the collection." @silashouse.bsky.social shared a playlist for his poetry collection All These Ghosts at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2025/09/13/s...

“Today’s poem is by one of my favorite Kentucky writers, a fellow dog person,” shares host @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social in today’s episode. Read “For You Who Have Loved Old Dogs" by @silashouse.bsky.social and our full episode transcript: bit.ly/4gHW4zT 📸: Carey Neal Gough 📖: Blair

. @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social has written something exquisitely beautiful about something horrible. Please read and share. @salon.com www.salon.com/2025/09/11/a...

The contrast is stark.

I abhor ALL violence. No one deserves to be shot for their opinions, no matter how reprehensible. I just wish we lived in a country where our elected GOP reps publicly mourned for murdered schoolchildren as passionately as they do for a person who devoted his life to division and vitriol.

Last day for this great deal. #BNPREORDER www.barnesandnoble.com/s/Dead%20man...

I recommend Lark Ascending by @silashouse.bsky.social - it’s really about love, I think.

A great honor and great fun to talk to @silashouse.bsky.social about publishing TWO new books this fall www.kentucky.com/opinion/lind...

I hope to see some of you in Lexington for the book launch of my poetry collection, ALL THESE GHOSTS. September 9, 7 PM. This is a ticketed event. www.facebook.com/events/24475...

It was a real pleasure to speak to Under Main about my poetry collection, All These Ghosts. undermainarts.org/nance-house-...

In ‘All These Ghosts,’ former Kentucky poet laureate @silashouse.bsky.social marks crucial moments in his home state’s recent history.

My favorite writer weighs in on #MelaniasLetter. @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social for @salonnewsroom.bsky.social www.salon.com/2025/08/19/w...

Giveaway alert! Enter for the chance to WIN a copy of 💙DEAD MAN BLUES💙 by @silashouse.bsky.social on Goodreads! Giveaway ends 8.3.25. https://loom.ly/_n84X8Y

☠️DEAD MAN BLUES☠️ by @silashouse.bsky.social is called "a knife-sharp addition to the crime fiction genre" in this profile from the Lexington Times! 📖 https://loom.ly/p_85JdU

Please spend seven minutes with me to learn about why I wrote the prologue poem in my first poetry collection, ALL THESE GHOSTS, out 9/9. www.instagram.com/reel/DNOw_C2...

I always call Jason Isbell the Poet Laureate of the South so I am honored to have these kind words from him about my new book of poetry from Blair. Sharing is caring. Preorder here: bit.ly/m/allthesegh...

Enter to win a free advance reading copy of my new mystery, DEAD MAN BLUES. July 17-Aug 3. www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...

In Issue No. 11 @silashouse.bsky.social writes about home as a place that both hurt him & loved him. A place he still loves with all his heart. How do we find common ground with those who raised us but who also voted against the dreams we have for our lives and this country? Silas points the way.

The secrets of Cedar Lake will be revealed. 25% off my new mystery, July 8-11 only. #DeadManBlues @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dead-man-b...

Every time I fly I’m amazed at the number of people who have not been taught to stand on the right on an escalator so people can pass on the left.

Enter to win an advance copy of my new mystery novel, DEAD MAN BLUES, before it comes out in October. Promotion now through June 29. www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...

Free Screening of this acclaimed film. Tonight, 6:30, Farish Theater at Central Library, Downtown Lexington. Talkback to follow with @timkirkman.bsky.social

Join us for the next two films in the Pride Film Series here in Lexington, Kentucky 🏳️‍🌈. Sunday, June 15, 7:15-PARIAH (intro by me)-Kentucky Theater Tuesday, June 17, 6:30-LOGGERHEADS (talkback with Director Tim Kirkman @timkirkman.bsky.social and me), Farish Theater, Main (Downtown) library, Free.

Enter to win an advance copy of my new mystery novel, DEAD MAN BLUES, before it comes out in October. Promotion now through June 29. www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...

The new album by SG Goodman is remarkable. Check out our conversation about it in @gardenandgun.com. gardenandgun.com/articles/s-g...

I hope you will read my two new poems, just published at South Writ Large. southwritlarge.com/articles/poe...

Lovely short KET segment about Kentucky's outgoing poet laureate, @silashouse.bsky.social youtu.be/Bwpr4OlBYds?...

Reading @silashouse.bsky.social book Southernmost. This line hit me hard as the daughter of an ev. preacher,"I reacted the way I'd been raised to:I called him an abomination. Being afraid of somebody who's different'll make an awful meanness come over you.I said lots of things I'm ashamed of now." 😢

My conversation with Colm Tóibín is now showing on PBS. You can watch it right here. #PBS #SavePBS #GreatConversations #ColmToibin www.pbs.org/video/colm-t...

“When times are dark…gather good people,” @silashouse.bsky.social tells us in @salvationsouth.com today. Thank you, Silas, for your crackling fire.

COVER REVEAL. My first poetry collection comes out on September 9. Please use the link to order from the bookseller of your choice. The cover design is by Laura Williams. It’s a collection about timesickness, loss, love, and surviving dark times. #BuyIndie #PoetryMonth bit.ly/m/allthesegh...

We welcome #NationalPoetryMonth with the help of #Kentucky poet laureate @silashouse.bsky.social: “When times are dark…gather good people.”

I hope you’ll read my new essay for @salvationsouth.com (Salvation South) about poetry, hope, and belief in troubled times. www.salvationsouth.com/silas-house-...

#CoryBooker #GoodTrouble

Oh my God, I just had a full night’s sleep and Cory Booker is still going… www.youtube.com/live/rCUK2Vb...