"Now, Appalachia"

Eliot Parker
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"Now, Appalachia"

Welcome to Now Appalachia Radio with host and thriller author Eliot Parker. The show will profile Appalachian writers and creative people. Proud to be part of the August on the Air Global Radio Network. Authors on the Air Global Radio Network is an international digital media corporation comprised of radio talk shows, podcasts, book reviews and anthology publishing with 3 million listeners in 40 countries and over one million social media friends. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eliot-parker/support

  1. DEC 10

    Now, Appalachia Interview with author Sharon Short

    On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews author Sharon Short about her latest thriller TROUBLE ISLAND. Sharon Short is the author of sixteen published books. Her newest, Trouble Island, is historical suspense and will be published by Minotaur Books on December 3, 2024. As Jess Montgomery, she writes the historical Kinship Mysteries set in the 1920s and inspired by Ohio’s true first female sheriff. Sharon is a contributing editor to Writer’s Digest, for which she writes the column, “Level Up Your Writing (Life)” and teaches for Writer’s Digest University.  She is also a three-time recipient of the Individual Excellence Award in Literary Arts from Ohio Arts Council and has been a John E. Nance Writer in Residence at Thurber House (Columbus, Ohio). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eliot-parker/support

    35 min

  2. DEC 4

    Now, Appalachia interview with author Susan Williams

    On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews author Susan Williams about her new book "Unresolved Lives: Seven Stories of Mayhem Including the Mad Butcher, Sodder Children, and Cabin 13." Susan is a native of Fayette County West Virginia and a former police and courts reporter for The Charleston Gazette. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eliot-parker/support

    35 min

  3. NOV 26

    Now, Appalachia interview with authors Wendy Atkins-Sayre and Ashli Quesinberry Stokes

    On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews authors Wendy Atkins-Sayre and Ashli Quesinberry Stokes about their new book HUNGRY ROOTS: HOW FOOD COMMUNICATES APPALACHIA'S SEARCH FOR RESILIENCE. Ashli Quesinberry Stokes is professor of communication studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Wendy Atkins-Sayre is professor and chair of the Department of Communication & Film at the University of Memphis. The two have collaborated on Consuming Identity: The Role of Food in Redefining the South and coedited City Places, Country Spaces: Rhetorical Explorations of the Urban/Rural Divide. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eliot-parker/support

    37 min

  4. NOV 6

    Now, Appalachia interview with author Laura Leigh Morris

    On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews author Laura Leigh Morris about her new novel THE STONE CATCHERS. Laura is the author of Jaws of Life: Stories and has previously been published in the Notre Dame Review, the Louisville Review, Pithead Chapel, Laurel Review, and other literary journals. She teaches creative writing and literature at Furman University and lives in Greenville, South Carolina with her family. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eliot-parker/support

    35 min

  5. OCT 16

    Now, Appalachia interview with author Rick Childers

    On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews author Rick Childers about his debut novel TURKEYFOOT. Rick is a writer from Estill County, Kentucky. He also serves as Berea College's Appalachian Male Advocate and Mentor. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eliot-parker/support

    29 min

  6. OCT 2

    Now, Appalachia interview with author Wes Blake

    On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews author Wes Blake about his new book PINEVILLE TRACE. Wes Blake’s novella-in-flash, Pineville Trace, won the Etchings Press Book Prize and will be published in September 2024 by Etchings Press (at the University of Indianapolis). Lee Martin, author of Pulitzer Prize Finalist The Bright Forever, described him as "a writer to watch". His fiction and essays have appeared in Louisiana Literature Journal, Blood & Bourbon, Book of Matches, Jelly Bucket, White Wall Review, and elsewhere. Wes’ novel, Antenna, was a semifinalist for the UNO Press Lab Prize. He holds an MFA from the Bluegrass Writers Studio and lives in Kentucky. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eliot-parker/support

    31 min

  7. SEP 25

    Now, Appalachia Interview with author Andrew K. Clark

    On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews author Andrew K. Clark about his new novel WHERE DARK THINGS GROW. Andrew K. Clark is a writer from Western North Carolina where his people settled before the Revolutionary War. His poetry collection, Jesus in the Trailer was published by Main Street Rag Press and shortlisted for the Able Muse Book Award. His debut novel, Where Dark Things Grow, was released by Cowboy Jamboree Press in September of 2024. A loose sequel, Where Dark Things Rise will be published by Quill and Crow Publishing House in the fall of 2025. His work has appeared in The American Journal of Poetry, UCLA’s Out of Anonymity, Appalachian Review, Rappahannock Review, The Wrath Bearing Tree, and many other journals. He received his MFA from Converse College. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eliot-parker/support

    35 min

  8. SEP 18

    Historian and Author Frank Garmon, Jr. on Now, Appalachia

    On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews historian and author Frank Garmon, Jr. about his latest book A WONDERFUL CAREER IN CRIME: CHARLES COWLAM'S MASQUERADES IN THE CIVIL WAR ERA & GILDED AGE. Frank is an assistant professor of American studies at Christopher Newport University in Virginia. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eliot-parker/support

    35 min
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Welcome to Now Appalachia Radio with host and thriller author Eliot Parker. The show will profile Appalachian writers and creative people. Proud to be part of the August on the Air Global Radio Network. Authors on the Air Global Radio Network is an international digital media corporation comprised of radio talk shows, podcasts, book reviews and anthology publishing with 3 million listeners in 40 countries and over one million social media friends. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eliot-parker/support

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  • Creator
    Eliot Parker
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2024
  • Episodes
    142
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Eliot Parker
  • Show Website
    "Now, Appalachia"

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