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Read Appalachia

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by Kendra Winchester

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53 episodes

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A monthly podcast celebrating Appalachian Literature & Writing

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Recent Episodes

December 18, 2025

Ep. 52 | Silas House

Kendra Winchester talks to Silas House, the former Poet Laureate of Kentucky. Things Mentioned Read Appalachia Newsletter Books Mentioned Dead Man Blues by S.D. HouseAll These Ghosts by Silas HouseLark Ascending by Silas HouseSouthernmost by Silas HouseThe Coal Tattoo by Silas HouseClay’s Quilt by Silas HouseA Parchment of Leaves by Silas HouseThe Crow Trap by Ann CleevesRaven Black by Ann CleevesA Place Called Winter by Patrick GaleWhale Fall by Elizabeth O’ConnorThe Hounding by Xenobe Purv...

December 5, 2025

Ep. 51 | Poetry Corner: upfromsumdirt

In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner, Kendra Winchester is joined by upfromsumdirt. Things Mentioned Read Appalachia NewsletterBooks Mentioned The Second Stop Is Jupiter: Poems by upfromsumdirtThe Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife by upfromsumdirtBlack Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon JamesNone But the Righteous by Chantal JamesThe Street of Crocodiles and Other Stories by Bruno SchulzThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuinThe Hearing Trumpet by Leonora CarringtonAfrican ...

November 20, 2025

Ep. 50 | Poetry Corner: Denton Loving

In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner, Kendra Winchester is joined by Denton Loving. Things Mentioned Read Appalachia NewsletterBooks Mentioned Tamp by Denton LovingFeller by Denton lovingNameless As the Minnows by Connie Jordan GreenLullaby For the Grieving by Ashley M. JonesPeasant by Annie WoodfordPineville Trace by Wes BlakeThe Art of Lost Souls by Melanie K. HutsellCipher: Decoding by Ancestor’s Scandalous Secret Diaries by Jeremy B. JonesGuest Info Denton...

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What is Read Appalachia?: A monthly podcast celebrating Appalachian Literature & Writing
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