For September’s theme, we’re discussing rural literature for young people. Host Kendra Winchester is joined by special guests Dr. Chea Parton and Nora Shalaway Carpenter.

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

It’s Read Appalachia’s Birthday! Host Kendra Winchester is joined by special guests David Joy and Joy Priest.

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

For Disability Pride Month, host Kendra Winchester is joined by Appodlachia co-host Callie Pruett Schwaber to discuss the importance of disabled people telling their own stories.

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

In this month’s episode, we’re talking about books for Pride Month! Host Kendra Winchester is joined by special guests Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr. and Zane McNeill.

In this month’s episode, Kendra Winchester delves into the world of poetry. She’s joined by special guests Bernard Clay and Lisa Kwong.

Kendra Winchester discusses the challenges audiobook narrators face when performing Appalachian dialects. She’s joined by special guests Monica Brashears, Jeanette Illidge, Idra Novey, and Christina Delaine.

Welcome to our special crossover episode for Appalachian Bookshelf, a joint project between Read Appalachia and Appodlachia.

In the fourth episode of Read Appalachia, host Kendra Winchester examines the question, what is the future of Appalachian memoir in a post-Hillbilly Elegy world? Special guests Neema Avashia and Shawna Kay Rodenberg discuss their memoirs and the importance of pushing back against JD Vance’s problematic narrative.

In the third episode of Read Appalachia, host Kendra Winchester asks, what is the future of Appalachian Literature? To investigate, she talks to authors and editors of Appalachian Futures, an initiative from the University of Kentucky Press that features Black, Native, LGBTQ+ writers, and other writers of marginalized identities.

In the second episode of Read Appalachia, host Kendra Winchester poses the question, where does Appalachian Literature come from? The learn the answer, Kendra talks to Derek Krissoff, the Director of West Virginia University Press, and Meg Reid, the Directer of Hub City Press.

In the debut episode of Read Appalachia, host Kendra Winchester discusses one of our most frequently asked questions. Joining her this week are special guests and Appalachian writers Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle and Melissa Helton.

In this special preview episode of Read Appalachia, Kendra Winchester shares what listeners can expect for this season of the show. Plus, Kendra and special guest Amanda Page chat about their love of their hometown—Portsmouth, Ohio—and what it’s like being from Appalachian Ohio.

“These characters are locked into a company ecosystem that forces them sometimes to die and be repeatedly resurrected, sometimes to pay for every plant they cut down with a knife built by a company fabricator kit. Sometimes, they must make a choice between suffering the rest of their lives imprisoned on a far-flung world or destroying ancient cultural artifacts, melting down allegorical Etruscan statuary for wiring to make a better laser gun. On practical, moral, and spiritual levels alike, they must sell their souls to the company store just to live another day.”

"Avashia’s keen sense memory combines with a steady hand and a deep commitment to nuance that make each essay glow like a kitchen window after dark. The places where her perspective aligned with my own were a delightful gut punch, and I can only presume that others feel the same.”

This week, Garrett Robinson wrote about death and loss in Appalachia, and the process of grieving as a community. The piece explores the mismatch between instinct and ritual in the context of losing a loved one, and offers a reconciliation between the two.

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.

This week, Garrett wrote about the universal process of learning what you have by losing it. He explores the intersection of grief and relief, and the way that becoming separated from our roots can help us appreciate the grounding feeling of finally coming home.