In today’s episode of the podcast, Kendra Winchester talks to authors Rae Garringer and Chris Aluka Berry.

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

In today’s episode, host Kendra Winchester talks to debut authors Monic Ductan and Laura Leigh Morris.

In the special episode of the podcast, Kendra Winchester is joined by Adam Vitcavage, the founder of Debutiful.

It’s Read Appalahia’s fourth birthday! In today’s episode of the podcast, Kendra Winchester talks to authors Mesha Maren and Taylor Brown.

In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner,  Kendra Winchester is joined by Amy M. Alvarez.

In today’s episode of the podcast, Kendra Winchester talks to authors Natalie Naudus and Jonathan Corcoran.

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

In a special episode of the podcast, Kendra Winchester talks to photographers Raymond Thomson Jr and Julie Rae Powers.

In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner,  Kendra Winchester is joined by Ohio Poet Laureate Kari Gunter-Seymour.

In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner, Kendra Winchester is joined by special guest upfromsumdirt.

In a special episode of the podcast, host Kendra Winchester interviews Julie Rae Powers about their new photography book, Deep Ruts.

In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner,  Kendra Winchester is joined by special guest Denton Loving.

In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner,  Kendra Winchester is joined by special guest Marlanda Dekine.

In the second installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner,  Kendra Winchester is joined by special guest Lucien Darjeun Meadows.

In the very first installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner, Kendra Winchester is joined by special guest Emma Galloway Stephens.

This week, Garrett reviews a classic of Appalachian Literature: FARMING: A HANDBOOK by Wendell Berry. This collection of poems and a short, poetic play was first published in 1971, and explores the relationship of a man to his land, and a man to his family. Berry's love for Appalachia is visceral and pervasive, inviting the reader to commit to the health and wellbeing of this region and give what they can give to help it thrive.

Knott explores the tense, troubled relationship of an Appalachian to the land he lives on and the forces that damaged it. He examines the ways that generational trauma bleeds downstream until at the resources exist to halt its trajectory. And finally, he looks forward with hope and determination, committing to a better future regardless of adversity.