In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner, Kendra Winchester is joined by poet Raye Hendrix.

Things Mentioned

• After Helene by Blue Ridge Public Radio
• KY Flood Resources
• Read Appalachia's Newsletter

Books Mentioned

• What Good Is Heaven by Raye Hendrix
• Judas Goat by Gabrielle Bates
• Blue Yodel by Ansel Elkins
• The Coal Life by Adam Vines
• H. M. Cotton
• Down by Erin Elizabeth Smith
• Felon by Reginald Dwayne Betts

Guest Info

Raye Hendrix is the author of What Good Is Heaven, a debut poetry collection selected to represent Alabama in the Southern Poetry Breakthrough Series from Texas Review Press (2024) and the winner of the 2024 Weatherford Award for Best Appalachian Poetry. Also the author of two poetry chapbooks, Raye's poems further appear in American Poetry Review, River Styx, Poetry Northwest, 32 Poems, and elsewhere. Originally from Alabama, Raye is an insufferable Auburn fan and teaches at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Find out more at rayehendrix.com.

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