Kendra Winchester talks to Mandi Fugate Sheffel, the author of The Nature of Pain.

Things Mentioned

• Read Appalachia Newsletter

Books Mentioned

• The Nature of Pain by Mandi Fugate Sheffel
• Peasant by Annie Woodford
• Dead Man’s Blues by S.D. House
• All These Ghosts by Silas House
• Cipher by Jeremy B. Jones
• Sleepovers by Ashleigh Bryant Phillips
• That Which Binds Us by Cathy Rigg

Guest Info

Mandi Fugate Sheffel was born and raised in Redfox, Kentucky. She is the owner of the Read Spotted Newt, an independent bookstore in Hazard, Kentucky, and has been involved with the Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky and the Appalachian Arts Alliance, among other organizations. Her personal essays and opinion pieces can be found in Still: The Journal, Appalachian Journal, The Lexington Herald-Leader, and The Courier Journal.

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