Kendra Winchester talks with Dr. Amy Clark, the creator of The Talking Appalachian Podcast.

Things Mentioned

• The Talking Appalachian Podcast
  Talking Appalachian is a podcast about the Appalachian Mountain region's voiceplace (its words and accents) and other aspects of its culture, such as literature, lore, and locale. Hosted by Dr. Amy Clark, an applied linguist and co-founding Director of the Center for Appalachian Studies at the University of Virginia's College at Wise. Her writing on Appalachia has appeared in the New York Times, Oxford American Magazine, Salon.com, on NPR, and Harvard University Press blog.

Books Mentioned

• Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
• Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
• Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
• What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia by Elizabeth Catte
• Judy Blume
• Stephen King
• Silas House
• Poems by Ron Rash
• English Lit by Bernard Clay
• Storming Heaven by Denise Giardina
• A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Dr. Amy Clark

Dr. Clark is Founding Director of the AWP, whose mission is to provide professional development opportunities to central Appalachian teachers K-college in the areas of communication studies (writing, speaking, media), and Young Writers Programs.

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