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Read Appalachia
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NEW EPISODE!

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

Have a listen wherever you get your podcasts!

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May 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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NEW EPISODE!

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

Have a listen!

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April 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Happy pub day to TO BELONG HERE edited by Rae Garringer ✨
a photo of To Belong Here: A New Generation of Queer, Trans, and Two-Spirit Appalachian Writers edited by Rae Garringer
April 2, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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Hello all from Read Appalachia HQ!

RA is still on break for the winter holidays, but we’ll start gearing up again here in a few weeks.

I hope y’all are surrounded by stacks of excellent books as we weather through all of these snow storms. Stay safe out there! ❄️
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January 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Hello from Read Appalachia HQ! 👋🏼
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November 26, 2024 at 9:57 PM
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When AFFRILACHIA: TESTIMONIES arrived, I gasped out loud—it’s such a beautiful book! On the most recent episode of the podcast I talk to photographer Chris Aluka Berry about his work documenting Black rural communities in Appalachia. The photos are stunning.
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November 23, 2024 at 4:36 PM
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Today’s Appalachian Audiobook ✨🎧
A graphic of the cover of the book Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White, narrated by Dani Martineck
November 19, 2024 at 7:21 PM
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The only elegy we need today.
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July 17, 2024 at 6:55 PM
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In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner, @kdwinchester.bsky.social is joined by special guest @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social

Have a listen wherever you get your podcasts!

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February 23, 2024 at 4:10 AM
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✨ NEW EPISODE! ✨

To kick off Season 2 of Read Appalachia, host Kendra Winchester talks to special guests Erica Abrams Locklear and Crystal Wilkinson.

Have a listen wherever you get your podcasts!

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February 1, 2024 at 10:52 PM
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Busy editing the final cut of Ep. 19 | Appalachian Foodways! It will go up late tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon. Stay tuned! 🎧
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February 1, 2024 at 3:47 AM
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Pennsylvania is in the house! So looking forward to this new release by Amy Jo Burns. ✨
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January 10, 2024 at 9:51 PM
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Let’s gooooooo! Read Appalachia season two is on its way! S2 Ep1 drops February 1st. ✨
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January 6, 2024 at 5:48 PM
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In Read Appalachia’s season finale, host @kdwinchester.bsky.social is joined by Mandi Fugate Sheffel, the owner and operator of the Read Spotted Newt. They share their favorite books of the year. Have a listen! 🎧

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December 15, 2023 at 12:56 AM
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✨ PODCAST UPDATE ✨

Tomorrow is the season finale of the podcast! Mandi Fugate Sheffel joins me to talk about our favorite books of the year. So get your TBRs ready!

I’ve already planned out a lot of the episodes for season 2, so stay tuned for the those, starting in early 2024. ✨
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December 13, 2023 at 7:35 PM
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What an incredible year for Appalachian Literature! Over on Book Riot, I wrote about 10 of the Best Appalachian books of the year.

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a photo of stack of the books mention below: Tar Hollow Trans by Stacy Jane Grover Gay Poems for Red States by Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr. Those We Thought We Knew by David Joy Take What You Need by Idra Novey House of Cotton by Monica Brashears Tamp by Denton Loving The Next Stop Is Jupiter by upfromsumdirt A is for Affrilachia by Frank X Walker, Illustrated by upfromsumdirt Good Women by Halle Hill Appalachia on the Table: Representing Mountain Food and People by Erica Abrams Locklear The stack is surround by pages cut into the shape of leaves, they sit on a decorative cutting board with the Read Appalachia logo on the top.
November 21, 2023 at 3:59 AM
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✨NEW EPISODE! ✨

This month’s episode is about short stories! Host @kdwinchester.bsky.social talks to special guests #HalleHill and #GeorgeSingleton.

Have a listen! 🎙️

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November 10, 2023 at 12:47 AM
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✨Read Banned Books✨
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October 6, 2023 at 9:55 PM
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What are some of your favorite Appalachian books published in 2023? 📚

It’s that time of year where I’m trying to round up the best Appalachian books published in 2023, and y’all have me overwhelmed. Spoiled for choice. 📚
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September 23, 2023 at 5:23 PM
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✨NEW EPISODE!✨

In this month's episode of Poetry Corner, Kendra Winchester is joined by special guest Marlanda Dekine, who reads from their poetry collection THRESH & HOLD (Hub City Press).

Have a listen wherever you get your podcasts! 🎧

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September 14, 2023 at 7:49 PM
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It’s almost time for Poetry Corner! In tomorrow’s podcast episode, Marlanda Dekine reads from their poetry collection THRESH & HOLD, which is out from Hub City Press.

Be sure to keep an eye out for the episode in your favorite podcatcher!
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September 14, 2023 at 12:27 AM
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Saying goodbye to summer ☀️
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September 5, 2023 at 12:07 AM
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Happy 3rd Birthday, Read Appalachia!
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September 1, 2023 at 3:09 AM
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“There is space for all of us to reclaim Appalachia as it is for us.”

- APPALACHIAN RECKONING -
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August 20, 2023 at 3:06 AM