this episode is so affirming and motivating 💛 @readappalachia.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

There will be a new episode of Read Appalachia coming out next week, but over on our newsletter, we're revisiting some backlist episodes. This week we're diving back in to the very first episode, featuring Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle and Melissa Helton. open.substack.com/pub/readappa...

You may find a sneak peek of my next guest on the pod 👀

NEW EPISODE! In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner, Kendra Winchester is joined by Raye Hendrix. Have a listen wherever you get your podcasts! www.readappalachia.com/blog/ep-38-p...

Love hosting poetry corner. Poets, in general, def deserve more love.

NEW EPISODE! In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner, Kendra Winchester is joined by Jim Minick. Have a listen! www.readappalachia.com/blog/ep-37-p...

Some of you have asked for a newsletter to receive updates—so here we are! readappalachia.substack.com

Happy pub day to TO BELONG HERE edited by Rae Garringer ✨

Over the course of the last six months, I’ve been working on being able to write again. Here’s a little behind-the-scenes at what that looks like. open.substack.com/pub/kendrawi...

Hello all from Read Appalachia HQ! RA is still on break for the winter holidays, but we’ll start gearing up again here in a few weeks. I hope y’all are surrounded by stacks of excellent books as we weather through all of these snow storms. Stay safe out there! ❄️

Gwenllian loves the snow. ❄️ [ID: a photo of Gwen, a black and white Cardigan Welsh Corgi, standing in the snow.]

Finished my first nonfiction book of the year. ✨ [ID: a photo of More, Please: On Food, Fat, Bingeing, Longing, and the Lust for “Enough” by Emma Specter]

Here are my 2024 favorites ✨ kendrawinchester.substack.com/p/a-few-of-m...

Happy Pub Day to @browneallover.bsky.social! I’m currently reading and loving his new novel. ✨

I was on @npr.org to recommend some of my favorite audiobooks of 2024! www.npr.org/2024/12/15/n...

✨NEW EPISODE✨ In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner, Kendra Winchester is joined by Idra Novey. Have a listen! 🎧 www.readappalachia.com/blog/ep-35-p...

Hello from Read Appalachia HQ! 👋🏼

#CurrentlyReading ✨

We love a library Corg with excellent book taste. 📚 #PembrokeWelshCorgi

What a speech from Appalachia’s own Barbara Kingsolver. Congrats to her for being awarded this incredible honor. youtu.be/bX8F-q_JRnI?...

Can't pick a general favorite of the year, but my favorite Appalachia-based read was Sidle Creek. Each story was so connected to nature in a way that felt truly authentic to our region.

tough call for me. I’d say it’s between Percival Everett’s THE TREES (for its crisp pacing, blend of surrealism and realism, and wicked satire) and JANE EYRE (for the usual reasons). But I’m currently reading Mariana Enriquez’s OUR SHARE OF NIGHT and it could become the favorite!

No thoughts, just vibes ✨

Here’s a whole list! debutiful.net/2024/11/18/t...

Shockingly for me not a verse novel. I loved Simon Sort of Says. The humor of the story and the heartache balanced so well. And its characters were memorable and compelling.

What has been your favorite book that you’ve read this year? What makes it your favorite?

When AFFRILACHIA: TESTIMONIES arrived, I gasped out loud—it’s such a beautiful book! On the most recent episode of the podcast I talk to photographer Chris Aluka Berry about his work documenting Black rural communities in Appalachia. The photos are stunning.

Today’s Appalachian Audiobook ✨🎧

I edit Book Riot's nonfiction newsletter, True Story. I'm looking to feature more new releases by university, indie, and small presses. If you have a ‘25 nonfiction titles that you think I might be interested in covering, please send the info my way!

✨NEW EPISODE ✨ In today’s episode of the podcast, Kendra Winchester talks to authors Rae Garringer and Chris Aluka Berry. www.readappalachia.com/blog/ep-34-t...

The only elegy we need today.

Check this shit out. Actual Appalachian writers are fighting back against this JD Vance jokester. Hub City Press compiled an actual booklist of real Appalachian writers on bookshop. @crystalwilki.bsky.social is on it. @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social bookshop.org/lists/books-...

Welp. It’s that time again. 15 Books About Appalachia to Read Instead of HILLBILLY ELEGY bookriot.com/books-about-...

my interview with @readappalachia.bsky.social in which i talk waaay too much. eternal shout-out to @kdwinchester.bsky.social

@kdwinchester.bsky.social of @readappalachia.bsky.social and I at the Appalachian Studies Association annual conference:

In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner, @kdwinchester.bsky.social is joined by special guest @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social Have a listen wherever you get your podcasts! www.readappalachia.com/blog/ep-21-p...

✨ NEW EPISODE! ✨ To kick off Season 2 of Read Appalachia, host Kendra Winchester talks to special guests Erica Abrams Locklear and Crystal Wilkinson. Have a listen wherever you get your podcasts! www.readappalachia.com/blog/ep-19-a...

Busy editing the final cut of Ep. 19 | Appalachian Foodways! It will go up late tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon. Stay tuned! 🎧

My favorite books of 2023!!! youtu.be/LINf_NnqeOA?...

Pennsylvania is in the house! So looking forward to this new release by Amy Jo Burns. ✨

Let’s gooooooo! Read Appalachia season two is on its way! S2 Ep1 drops February 1st. ✨

In 2024, I’m reading a short story a day. That’s 366 stories. 😅 Any short story collection recs? youtu.be/Q2Z45qvVt9U?...

New post about the ups and downs of writing while disabled. It’s been QUITE the year. open.substack.com/pub/kendrawi...

In Read Appalachia’s season finale, host @kdwinchester.bsky.social is joined by Mandi Fugate Sheffel, the owner and operator of the Read Spotted Newt. They share their favorite books of the year. Have a listen! 🎧 www.readappalachia.com/blog/ep-18-f...

✨ PODCAST UPDATE ✨ Tomorrow is the season finale of the podcast! Mandi Fugate Sheffel joins me to talk about our favorite books of the year. So get your TBRs ready! I’ve already planned out a lot of the episodes for season 2, so stay tuned for the those, starting in early 2024. ✨

What an incredible year for Appalachian Literature! Over on Book Riot, I wrote about 10 of the Best Appalachian books of the year. bookriot.com/best-appalac...

✨NEW EPISODE! ✨ This month’s episode is about short stories! Host @kdwinchester.bsky.social talks to special guests #HalleHill and #GeorgeSingleton. Have a listen! 🎙️ www.readappalachia.com/blog/ep-17-s...

✨Read Banned Books✨

What are some of your favorite Appalachian books published in 2023? 📚 It’s that time of year where I’m trying to round up the best Appalachian books published in 2023, and y’all have me overwhelmed. Spoiled for choice. 📚