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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In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner, Kendra Winchester is joined by Jim Minick.

Things Mentioned

• After Helene by Blue Ridge Public Radio
• KY Flood Resources
• Read Appalachia Newsletter
• Owning It Audiobook
• Southern Appalachian Writers Cooperative

Books Mentioned

• The Intimacy of Spoons by Jim Minick
• Blueberry Years by Jim Minick
• Finding a Clear Path by Jim Minick
• Without Warning: The Tornado by Jim Minick
• Load in Nine Times by Frank X Walker
• Pretend the Ball Is Named Jim Crow by Dorian Hairston
• Reparations Now! by Ashley M. Jones
• Glory River by David Huddle
• Think I'll Go Eat a Worm by Amy Wright
• Where You Come From Is Gone by Annie Woodford
• The Donkey Elegies by Nicole Brown

Guest Info

Jim Minick: Website | Facebook

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In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner, Kendra Winchester is joined by Amy Le Ann Richardson.

Things Mentioned

• After Helene by Blue Ridge Public Radio
• Executive Order Targeting the IMLS
• Support Libraries with Libro.fm

Books Mentioned

• Out of Places by Amy Le Ann Richardson
• Who You Grow Into by Amy Le Ann Richardson
• Render / An Apocalypse by Rebecca Gayle Howell
• Kettle Bottom by Diane Gilliam Fisher
• Perfect Black by Crystal Wilkinson
• The Girl Singer by Marianne Worthington
• Kentucky Is My Land by Jessie Stuart
• The Wolfpen Poems by James Still
• The Mad Farmer Poems by Wendell Barry

GUEST INFO

Amy Le Ann Richardson: Website | Facebook | Instagram

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In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner, Kendra Winchester is joined by Idra Novey.

Books Mentioned

• Soon and Wholly by Idra Novey
• Take What You Need by Idra Novey
• Frank: Sonnets by Diane Seuss
• The Stone Catchers by Laura Leigh Morris

Guest Info

Idra Novey: Website | Twitter | Instagram
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In today’s episode of the podcast, Kendra Winchester talks to authors Rae Garringer and Chris Aluka Berry.

Books Mentioned

• Country Queers: A Love Letter by Rae Garringer
• Affrilachia: Testimonies by. Chris Aluka Berry
• Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
• Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
• Southernmost by Silas House
• The Prettiest Star by Carter Sickels
• Another Appalachia by Neema Avashia
• Praising for the Kitchen Ghosts by Crystal Wilkerson
• When All God’s Children Get Together: A Celebration of the Lives and Music of African American People in Far Western North Carolina by Ann Miller Woodford
• Little Worlds by Rob Amberg
• A is for Affrilachia by Frank X Walker
• Harlan Renaissance: Stories of Black Life in Appalachian Coal Towns by William Turner

GUEST INFO
Rae Garringer: Website | Instagram
Chris Aluka Berry: Website
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In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner, Kendra Winchester is joined by Emilie Menzel.

Books Mentioned

• The Girl Who Became a Rabbit by Emilie Menzel
• The Book of Frank by Caconrad
• Sea & Fog by Etel Adnan
• Whatsaid Serif by Nathaniel Mackey
• Grief Is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter

Guest Info
Emilie Menzel: Instagram | Website
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