Read Appalachia

Kendra Winchester
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A monthly podcast celebrating Appalachian Literature & Writing

  1. Ep. 52 | Silas House

    12/18/2025

    Ep. 52 | Silas House

    Kendra Winchester talks to Silas House, the former Poet Laureate of Kentucky. Things Mentioned Read Appalachia Newsletter Books Mentioned Dead Man Blues by S.D. HouseAll These Ghosts by Silas HouseLark Ascending by Silas HouseSouthernmost by Silas HouseThe Coal Tattoo by Silas HouseClay’s Quilt by Silas HouseA Parchment of Leaves by Silas HouseThe Crow Trap by Ann CleevesRaven Black by Ann CleevesA Place Called Winter by Patrick GaleWhale Fall by Elizabeth O’ConnorThe Hounding by Xenobe Purvis Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak Guest Info Silas House | Website | Instagram Show Your Love for Read Appalachia! You can support Read Appalachia by heading over to our merch store, tipping us over on Ko-fi, or by sharing the podcast with a friend! For more ways to support the show, head over to our Support page. Follow Read Appalachia Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok Contact For feedback or to just say “hi,” you can reach us at readappalachia[at]gmail.com Music by Olexy from Pixabay

    48 min
  2. Ep. 51 | Poetry Corner: upfromsumdirt

    12/05/2025

    Ep. 51 | Poetry Corner: upfromsumdirt

    In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner,  Kendra Winchester is joined by upfromsumdirt. Things Mentioned Read Appalachia NewsletterBooks Mentioned The Second Stop Is Jupiter: Poems by upfromsumdirtThe Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife by upfromsumdirtBlack Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon JamesNone But the Righteous by Chantal JamesThe Street of Crocodiles and Other Stories by Bruno SchulzThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuinThe Hearing Trumpet by Leonora CarringtonAfrican Myths of Origin edited by Stephen BelcherUnravel: Poems by Tolu OloruntobaGuest Info upfromsumdirt, aka Ronald W. Davis, is an autodidactic poet, visual artist, and designer from Louisville, Kentucky. He is the illustrator of A Is for Affrilachia and the NAACP Image Award–winning Perfect Black. He is the author of many chapbooks and the full-length collections The Second Stop Is Jupiter: Poems, To Emit Teal, and Deifying a Total Darkness. Website | Instagram | Bluesky --- Show Your Love for Read Appalachia! You can support Read Appalachia by heading over to our merch store, tipping us over on Ko-fi, or by sharing the podcast with a friend! For more ways to support the show, head over to our Support page. Follow Read Appalachia Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok Contact For feedback or to just say “hi,” you can reach us at readappalachia[at]gmail.com Music by Olexy from Pixabay

    25 min
  3. Ep. 50 | Poetry Corner: Denton Loving

    11/20/2025

    Ep. 50 | Poetry Corner: Denton Loving

    In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner,  Kendra Winchester is joined by Denton Loving. Things Mentioned Read Appalachia NewsletterBooks Mentioned Tamp by Denton LovingFeller by Denton lovingNameless As the Minnows by Connie Jordan GreenLullaby For the Grieving by Ashley M. JonesPeasant by Annie WoodfordPineville Trace by Wes BlakeThe Art of Lost Souls by Melanie K. HutsellCipher: Decoding by Ancestor’s Scandalous Secret Diaries by Jeremy B. JonesGuest Info Denton Loving is the author of three poetry collections: Feller, Crimes Against Birds, and Tamp which was a finalist for the Weatherford Award and received the inaugural Tennessee Book Award for Poetry. He is a co-founder and editor at EastOver Press and its literary journal Cutleaf. His fiction, poetry, essays and reviews have appeared in numerous publications including The Kenyon Review, Iron Horse Literary Review and Ecotone.  Website | Instagram --- Show Your Love for Read Appalachia! You can support Read Appalachia by heading over to our merch store, tipping us over on Ko-fi, or by sharing the podcast with a friend! For more ways to support the show, head over to our Support page. Follow Read Appalachia Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok Contact For feedback or to just say “hi,” you can reach us at readappalachia[at]gmail.com Music by Olexy from Pixabay

    17 min
  4. Ep. 49 | The Red Branch Review ft Noah Soltau

    11/08/2025

    Ep. 49 | The Red Branch Review ft Noah Soltau

    Kendra Winchester talks to Noah Soltau, the Managing Editor of The Red Branch Review. Order Volume 4 Here Website | Instagram Things Mentioned Read Appalachia Newsletter Books Mentioned Deaf Republic by Ilya KaminskyFrank Sonnets by Diane SeussAlgo Speak by Adam AleksicOf Fathers and Gods by Jim RobertsGuest Info Noah Soltau is managing editor of The Red Branch Review. His debut collection of poetry, Titanfall, is forthcoming from Madville Publishing. His most recent work appears in Harbor Review, storySouth, and elsewhere. He lives and works in East Tennessee. Instagram Show Your Love for Read Appalachia! You can support Read Appalachia by heading over to our merch store, tipping us over on Ko-fi, or by sharing the podcast with a friend! For more ways to support the show, head over to our Support page. Follow Read Appalachia Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok Contact For feedback or to just say “hi,” you can reach us at readappalachia[at]gmail.com Music by Olexy from Pixabay

    43 min
  5. Ep. 48 | Mandi Fugate Sheffel

    10/23/2025

    Ep. 48 | Mandi Fugate Sheffel

    Kendra Winchester talks to Mandi Fugate Sheffel, the author of The Nature of Pain. Things Mentioned Read Appalachia NewsletterBooks Mentioned The Nature of Pain by Mandi Fugate SheffelPeasant by Annie WoodfordDead Man’s Blues by S.D. HouseAll These Ghosts by Silas HouseCipher by Jeremy B. JonesSleepovers by Ashleigh Bryant PhillipsThat Which Binds Us by Cathy RiggGuest 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. Website | Instagram | Read Spotted Newt | Read Spotted Newt Instagram Show Your Love for Read Appalachia! You can support Read Appalachia by heading over to our merch store, tipping us over on Ko-fi, or by sharing the podcast with a friend! For more ways to support the show, head over to our Support page. Follow Read Appalachia Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok Contact For feedback or to just say “hi,” you can reach us at readappalachia[at]gmail.com Music by Olexy from Pixabay

    40 min
  6. Ep. 47 | Davis Shoulders

    10/09/2025

    Ep. 47 | Davis Shoulders

    Kendra Winchester talks to Davis Shoulders, the editor of Queer Communion: Religion in Appalachia. Things Mentioned Read Appalachia NewsletterAppalachian Futures InfoFundraiser for Reclamation: Queering Appalachia’s Visual Memory BookBooks Mentioned Queer Communion: Religion in Appalachia edited by Davis ShouldersThe Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha PhilyawThe Fox and I by Catherine RavenThe Salt Stones by Helen WhybrowMotherhood by Sheila HetiThe Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro Guest Info Davis Shoulders is an indie bookseller from East Tennessee. They have previously worked at Politics & Prose in Washington, DC, and Union Ave Books in Knoxville, and they helped open Atlas Books in Johnson City, Tennessee. Their current bookselling residence is Read Spotted Newt in Hazard, Kentucky. Instagram | Book Tour Info --- Show Your Love for Read Appalachia! You can support Read Appalachia by heading over to our merch store, tipping us over on Ko-fi, or by sharing the podcast with a friend! For more ways to support the show, head over to our Support page. Follow Read Appalachia Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok Contact For feedback or to just say “hi,” you can reach us at readappalachia[at]gmail.com Music by Olexy from Pixabay

    45 min
  7. Ep. 46 | Jeremy B. Jones

    09/25/2025

    Ep. 46 | Jeremy B. Jones

    Kendra Winchester talks to Jeremy B. Jones, the author of Cipher: Decoding My Ancestor’s Scandalous Secret Diaries. Things Mentioned Read Appalachia NewsletterRemembering and Rebuilding a Family Homestead in Western North Carolina (Garden & Gun)Books Mentioned Cipher: Decoding My Ancestor’s Scandalous Secret Diaries by Jeremy B. JonesThe Ministry of Time by Keliane BradleyAll These Ghosts by Silas HouseGuest Info Jeremy B. Jones: Website | Instagram Show Your Love for Read Appalachia! You can support Read Appalachia by heading over to our merch store, tipping us over on Ko-fi, or by sharing the podcast with a friend! For more ways to support the show, head over to our Support page. Follow Read Appalachia Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok Contact For feedback or to just say “hi,” you can reach us at readappalachia[at]gmail.com Music by Olexy from Pixabay

    50 min
  8. Ep. 45 | Poetry Corner: Marianne Worthington

    09/04/2025

    Ep. 45 | Poetry Corner: Marianne Worthington

    In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner,  Kendra Winchester is joined by Marianne Worthington. Things Mentioned Read Appalachia NewsletterPlaylist for The Girl SingerBooks Mentioned The Girl Singer by Marianne WorthingtonWhat Good Is Heaven by Raye HendrixThe Singing River by Benjamin MorrisHave You Had Enough Darkness Yet? by Irene McKinneyLoad in Nine Times by Frank X WalkerWith My Back to the World by Victoria ChangGuest Info Marianne Worthington: Website | Instagram --- Show Your Love for Read Appalachia! You can support Read Appalachia by heading over to our merch store, tipping us over on Ko-fi, or by sharing the podcast with a friend! For more ways to support the show, head over to our Support page. Follow Read Appalachia Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok Contact For feedback or to just say “hi,” you can reach us at readappalachia[at]gmail.com Music by Olexy from Pixabay

    23 min
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A monthly podcast celebrating Appalachian Literature & Writing

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  • Creator
    Kendra Winchester
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    53
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2025 Read Appalachia
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