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

Books Mentioned

• Makeshift Altar by Amy M. Alvarez
• Blue on a Blue Palette by Lynne Thompson
• Becoming AppalAsian by Lisa Kwong
• Incendiary Art by Patricia Smith
• Mothman Apologia Volume 116 by Robert Wood Lynn

Guest Info

Amy M. Alvarez’s work has appeared in Ploughshares, The Missouri Review, swamp pink (Crazyhorse), and The Cincinnati Review, among others. She has been awarded fellowships from CantoMundo, VONA, Macondo, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the Furious Flower Poetry Center. Alvarez is coeditor of Essential Voices: A COVID-19 Anthology and teaches writing and literature at West Virginia University. In 2022, she was inducted as an Affrilachian Poet. Learn more at amymalvarez.com.

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

Books Mentioned

• Gay the Pray Away by Natalie Naudus
• No Son of Mine by Jonathan Corcoran
• The Prettiest Star by Carter Sickels
• Another Appalachia by Neema Avashia
• Shae by Mesha Maren
• Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips
• Black Tickets by Jayne Anne Phillips
• Fierce Attachments: A Memoir by Vivian Gornick
• Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
• Scissors, Paper, Rock by Fenton Johnson

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

Books Mentioned

• Pretend the Ball Is Named Jim Crow: The Story of Josh Gibson by Dorian Hairston
• Love Child's Hotbed of Occasional Poetry: Poems & Artifacts by Nikki Finney
• Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts by Crystal Wilkinson
• The Big Smoke by Adrian Matejka
• Leadbelly by Tyehimba Jess
• Isaac Murphy: I Dedicate This Ride by Frank X Walker

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