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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Kendra Winchester talks to Wes Browne, the author of They All Fall the Same and Hillbilly Hustle.

Things Mentioned

• After Helene by Blue Ridge Public Radio
• KY Flood Resources
• Read Appalachia Newsletter
• Chicago Sun-Times Points Fingers for AI Article Debacle

Books Mentioned

• Happy Land by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
• A is for Affrilachia by Frank X Walker, Illustrated by upfromsumdirt
• Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts by Crystal Wilkinson
• F*ckface: and Other Stories by Leah Hampton
• Country Queers by Rae Garringer
• They All Fall the Same by Wes Browne
• Hillbilly Hustle by Wes Browne
• King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby
• When We Were Hardcore by Linda Michel-Cassidy
• Tamp by Denton Loving
• Dead Man Blues by S.D. House
• Asides: Essays by George Singleton

Guest Info

Wes Browne

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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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