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✨NEW EPISODE!✨ In the season premiere of Read Appalachia,
@kdwinchester.bsky.social
talks to Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jayne Anne Phillips about her new memoir SMALL TOWN GIRLS. Have a listen! 🎧
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15 days ago
Last up in our team introductions,
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Come meet Little Birds!
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✨NEW EPISODE!✨ In the season premiere of Read Appalachia,
@kdwinchester.bsky.social
talks to Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jayne Anne Phillips about her new memoir SMALL TOWN GIRLS. Have a listen! 🎧
www.readappalachia.com/blog/ep-53-j...
22 days ago
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Bought this gently used copy of TRIGGER WARNING by Jacinda Townsend and was delighted to discover that it’s signed! Score!
25 days ago
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What are you currently reading? (Doesn’t have to be Appalachian.) I’m just finishing up PYTHON’S KISS by Louise Erdrich. I’ve never read Erdrich’s short fiction before, and—my goodness—she has such range!
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It’s Read Appalachia podcast season, which means I’m currently searching the internet for the latest Appalachian books to feature on the pod. What has been your favorite Appalachian book of the year so far, and what Appalachian books are you most anticipating?
about 1 month ago
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Celebrating Poetry Month with Irene McKinney ✨
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Ahh!
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of
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Little Birds | Stay Connected Today
Join Little Birds to stay updated on upcoming releases and news. Sign up to stay connected and be part of our community.
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Look what just arrived from
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! I loved THE WITCH’S ORCHARD. Hard to believe it’s already time for book two. 😍
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Summer reading season will be here before you know it. I have VERY large TBR planned, but here a few of the Appalachian books I have planned to read soon. What books are on your seasonal TBR?
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Hub City Press
4 months ago
Did you know that we distribute issues of the Southern Foodways Alliance's quarterly magazine, Gravy? The new winter issue just dropped, all about the power and pleasure of shared work and of leisure time spent in community. Snag an issue or subscribe for the year!
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Gravy: Winter 2026 | Gravy | Hub City Writers Project
The stories in the Winter 2026 issue of Gravy speak to the power and pleasure of shared work and of leisure time spent in community.
https://www.hubcity.org/books/gravy/gravy-winter-2026
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The podcast might be on break until next season, but there are still must-read Appalachian books coming out. What 2026 titles are you most excited for?
5 months ago
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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! 🎧
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Ep. 52 | Silas House — Read Appalachia
Kendra Winchester talks to Silas House, the former Poet Laureate of Kentucky and author of Dead Man Blues and All These Ghosts .
https://www.readappalachia.com/blog/ep-52-silas-house
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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!
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Ep. 51 | Poetry Corner: upfromsumdirt — Read Appalachia
In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner, Kendra Winchester is joined by upfromsumdirt.
https://www.readappalachia.com/blog/ep-51-upfromsumdirt
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NEW PODCAST EPISODE!
@kdwinchester.bsky.social
talks to Denton Loving about his new poetry collection FELLER. Plus, Denton reads several poems from the collection. Have a listen!
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Ep. 50 | Poetry Corner: Denton Loving — Read Appalachia
In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner, Kendra Winchester is joined by Denton Loving.
https://www.readappalachia.com/blog/ep-50-denton-loving
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The Red Branch Review
8 months ago
We want to keep making books and
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Vic Nogay
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this episode is so affirming and motivating 💛
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Ep. 22 | The Cost of Creativity
Podcast Episode · Read Appalachia · 03/07/2024 · 1h 31m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/read-appalachia/id1665295313?i=1000648340714
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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.
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What Is Appalachian Literature, Anyway?
In between new episodes, I’ll be featuring some backlist episodes of the podcast—enjoy!
https://open.substack.com/pub/readappalachia/p/what-is-appalachian-literature-anyway?r=etoph&utm_medium=ios
about 1 year ago
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You may find a sneak peek of my next guest on the pod 👀
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about 1 year ago
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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!
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about 1 year ago
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about 1 year ago
Love hosting poetry corner. Poets, in general, def deserve more love.
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NEW EPISODE! In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner, Kendra Winchester is joined by Jim Minick. Have a listen!
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about 1 year ago
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Some of you have asked for a newsletter to receive updates—so here we are!
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Read Appalachia | Substack
celebrating appalachian literature & writing. Click to read Read Appalachia, a Substack publication.
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about 1 year ago
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Happy pub day to TO BELONG HERE edited by Rae Garringer ✨
about 1 year ago
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over 1 year ago
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.
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Coffee Space
learning to write again after a TBI
https://open.substack.com/pub/kendrawinchester/p/coffee-space?r=etoph&utm_medium=ios
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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! ❄️
over 1 year ago
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over 1 year ago
Gwenllian loves the snow. ❄️ [ID: a photo of Gwen, a black and white Cardigan Welsh Corgi, standing in the snow.]
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over 1 year ago
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]
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over 1 year ago
Here are my 2024 favorites ✨
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A Few of My Favorite Things
NPR guest spot, favorite books of 2024, & more
https://kendrawinchester.substack.com/p/a-few-of-my-favorite-things?r=etoph&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=audio-player
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Happy Pub Day to
@browneallover.bsky.social
! I’m currently reading and loving his new novel. ✨
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over 1 year ago
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over 1 year ago
I was on
@npr.org
to recommend some of my favorite audiobooks of 2024!
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✨NEW EPISODE✨ In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner, Kendra Winchester is joined by Idra Novey. Have a listen! 🎧
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Ep. 35 | Poetry Corner: Idra Novey — Read Appalachia
In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner, Kendra Winchester is joined by Idra Novey.
https://www.readappalachia.com/blog/ep-35-poetry-corner-idra-novey
over 1 year ago
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Hello from Read Appalachia HQ! 👋🏼
over 1 year ago
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over 1 year ago
#CurrentlyReading
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over 1 year ago
We love a library Corg with excellent book taste. 📚
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What a speech from Appalachia’s own Barbara Kingsolver. Congrats to her for being awarded this incredible honor.
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National Book Foundation Presents 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award to Barbara Kingsolver.
YouTube video by National Book Foundation
https://youtu.be/bX8F-q_JRnI?si=Zznl45-G75tzzGkM
over 1 year ago
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Catherine Fonseca
over 1 year ago
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.
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Howard Beale Street Blues
over 1 year ago
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!
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Kendra Winchester
over 1 year ago
No thoughts, just vibes ✨
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Adam Vitcavage
over 1 year ago
Here’s a whole list!
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Christiana Doucette
over 1 year ago
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.
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What has been your favorite book that you’ve read this year? What makes it your favorite?
over 1 year ago
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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.
over 1 year ago
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Today’s Appalachian Audiobook ✨🎧
over 1 year ago
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Kendra Winchester
over 1 year ago
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!
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✨NEW EPISODE ✨ In today’s episode of the podcast, Kendra Winchester talks to authors Rae Garringer and Chris Aluka Berry.
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Ep. 34 | Testimonies — Read Appalachia
In today’s episode of the podcast, Kendra Winchester talks to authors Rae Garringer and Chris Aluka Berry.
https://www.readappalachia.com/blog/ep-34-testimonies
over 1 year ago
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The only elegy we need today.
almost 2 years ago
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Chantal James
almost 2 years ago
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
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@upfromsumdirt.bsky.social
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Books by Appalachian Writers
Check out this list on Bookshop
https://bookshop.org/lists/books-by-appalachian-writers
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