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Vanessa R. Bradley @vanessarbradley.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

This is so horrific and infuriating and exhausting. Stop using AI.

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Read Appalachia @readappalachia.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

✨NEW EPISODE!✨ In our second installment of our conversations series, @wesblake.bsky.social and Em J Parsley discuss the process of writing novellas, why they're drawn to short fiction, and the books that inspired them. Have a listen! www.readappalachia.com/blog/ep-56-c...

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Read Appalachia @readappalachia.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

✨NEW EPISODE✨ In our latest episode, @kdwinchester.bsky.social talks to Kentucky author Kayla Rae Whitaker, the author of RETURNS AND EXCHANGES. Have a listen wherever you get your podcasts! 🎧 www.readappalachia.com/blog/ep-55-k...

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Ep. 55 | Kayla Rae Whitaker: Returns and Exchanges — Read Appalachia

In this episodes of Read Appalachia, Kendra Winchester talks to Kayla Rae Whitaker about her new novel Returns and Exchanges .

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Little Birds @littlebirdslit.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

This week, we’re getting to know the Little Birds team. Next, up Davis Shoulders!

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Davis Shoulders is an indie bookseller who has worked at four bookstores in their career. They are a cofounder of Atlas Books in Johnson City, TN. Davis edited Queer Communion: Religion in Appalachia published in the fall of 2025. Ask for a tarot reading from Davis if you dare.

Songs for a Hard-Hit People by Beth Howard
Python's Kiss by Louis Erdrich
Forest Euphoria by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian
The Obelisk Gate by NK Jemisin
American Rambler by Isaac Fitzgerald
Loving Corrections by Adrienne Maree Brown

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Little Birds @littlebirdslit.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

It’s time to meet the team! First up, @abbyfreeland.bsky.social

Abby Freeland has been chirping about books for two decades. She started her career in publishing in the UK before returning home to work as the sales & marketing director and fiction editor at @wvupress. Most recently, she cofounded and managed the book series Appalachian Futures: Black, Native, and Queer Voices at @kentuckypress, where she was a senior acquisitions editor. Find her on Instagram @aefreeland.

Our Arab: On Longing, Belonging, and Hope by Zaina Arafat
Backtalker by Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
Night Night Fawn by Jordy Rosenberg
But for Fortune by Erin Miller Reid
Canon by Paige Lewis
Floodgate by Matthew Neill Null

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Little Birds @littlebirdslit.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Come meet Little Birds! www.littlebirdsliterary.com

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Cofounded by Abby Freeland, Davis Shoulders, and Kendra Winchester, Little Birds is an independent literary publicity and consulting agency.

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Read Appalachia @readappalachia.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

✨NEW EPISODE!✨ In the season premiere of Read Appalachia, @kdwinchester.bsky.social talks to Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jayne Anne Phillips about her new memoir SMALL TOWN GIRLS. Have a listen! 🎧 www.readappalachia.com/blog/ep-53-j...

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Read Appalachia @readappalachia.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

What are you currently reading? (Doesn’t have to be Appalachian.) I’m just finishing up PYTHON’S KISS by Louise Erdrich. I’ve never read Erdrich’s short fiction before, and—my goodness—she has such range!

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Read Appalachia @readappalachia.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Celebrating Poetry Month with Irene McKinney ✨

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Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

IBBY UK has revealed the books submitted for consideration for the 2027 Outstanding Books For Young People With Disabilities. Record submissions and publishers making 'thoughtful progress' in this area. @ibbyuk.bsky.social #booksky booksforkeeps.co.uk/2027-submiss...

The cover of Owning It Our Disabled Childhoods in our own words editing by Jen Campbell, James and Lucy Catchpole and illustrated by Sophie Kamlish, one of the books submitted for the Ibby UK Outstanding Books For Young People With Disabilities list.

The cover of Let's Play by Alex Strick, one of the book submitted for the IBBY UK Outstanding Books For Young People With Disabilities list.

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Kendra Winchester @kdwinchester.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

I’m moving every book in my house that I haven’t read to my living room to start sorting what stays and what goes to the used bookstore. Hundreds of books. How do I decide?? 😭

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Read Appalachia @readappalachia.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Look what just arrived from @minotaurbooks.bsky.social! I loved THE WITCH’S ORCHARD. Hard to believe it’s already time for book two. 😍

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Read Appalachia @readappalachia.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Summer reading season will be here before you know it. I have VERY large TBR planned, but here a few of the Appalachian books I have planned to read soon. What books are on your seasonal TBR?

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Kin Folks by Gurney Norman
An American Childhood by Annie Dillard
Joy Is the Justice We Give Ourselves by J. Drew Lanham
Belonging: A Culture of Place by bell hooks
Lullaby for the Grieving by Ashley M/ Jones
Had I a Dove edited by Hilda Downer
Onward edited by Nora Shalaway Carpenter
Once a City Said by Joy Priest
Bloodroot by Bill King
Mother Country by Jacinda Townsend
Fair and Tender Ladies by Lee Smith
Stay and Fight by Madeline Ffitch
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
This Book Is Free and Yours to Keep edited by Connie Banta, Kristin Devault-Juelfs, Destinee Harper, Katy Ryan, and Ellen Skirvin

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Kendra Winchester @kdwinchester.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

The r-word is also showing up in some of the popular new fiction that I’m reading. 😤 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...

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The ‘R-Word’ Returns, Dismaying Those Who Fought to Oust It

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Kendra Winchester @kdwinchester.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

The world is a dumpster fire, but at least we have Corgis. 💙

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Kendra Winchester @kdwinchester.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Over on @bookriot.bsky.social, I wrote about Hilary Mantel's posthumous essay collection A MEMOIR OF MY FORMER SELF. She writes about a little bit of everything in these essays, but I found myself drawn to her pieces about living with endometriosis.

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Hub City Bookshop @hubcitybookshop.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Join us for an evening here at the bookshop with Hub City Writers Project's Winter Intensive instructors, Emma Copley Eisenberg and Martha Park. Both authors will read and sign their books. This event is open to the public. RSVP via our Eventbrite! www.eventbrite.com/e/reading-si...

a photo of The Third Rainbow Girl and Housemates by Emma Copley Eisenberg and World Without End by Martha Park. Text reads Emma Copley Eisenberg and Emma Park January 17th 7pm

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Kendra Winchester @kdwinchester.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Dylan couldn’t be more excited for his most anticipated book of the year. A huge thank you to @groveatlantic.bsky.social for sending him this delightful book mail. 📖

A photo of Dylan, a red and white Pembroke Welsh Corgi, posing with a copy of Hitch by Sara Levine

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Hub City Bookshop @hubcitybookshop.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Perfect Friday for rainy day reading. 🌧️

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Kendra Winchester @kdwinchester.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Happy Friday my Corg librarian and his useless intern 🤓

A photo of Dylan, a red and white pembroke welsh corgi, and Gwen, a black and white Cardigan Welsh Corgi, sitting on a multicolored rug in front of stacks and stacks of books

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Kendra Winchester @kdwinchester.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Gwen insisted she model for some book photos.

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Kendra Winchester @kdwinchester.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

First book of the year! Can’t wait to read the latest novel from one of my favorite authors.

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Kendra Winchester @kdwinchester.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

That’s a wrap on my 2025 reading year! app.thestorygraph.com/wrap-up/2025...

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Read Appalachia @readappalachia.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

In the 2025 season finale of the podcast, @kdwinchester.bsky.social talks with @silashouse.bsky.social about his debut poetry collection ALL THESE GHOSTS and his debut murder mystery DEAD MAN BLUES. Have a listen! 🎧 www.readappalachia.com/blog/ep-52-s...

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Ep. 52 | Silas House — Read Appalachia

Kendra Winchester talks to Silas House, the former Poet Laureate of Kentucky and author of Dead Man Blues and All These Ghosts .

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Read Appalachia @readappalachia.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

NEW PODCAST EPISODE! In today’s episode @kdwinchester.bsky.social talks to @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social about his new poetry collection THE SHOES OF THE FISHERMAN’S WIFE. Have a listen! www.readappalachia.com/blog/ep-51-u...

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Ep. 51 | Poetry Corner: upfromsumdirt — Read Appalachia

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

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Read Appalachia @readappalachia.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

NEW PODCAST EPISODE! @kdwinchester.bsky.social talks to Denton Loving about his new poetry collection FELLER. Plus, Denton reads several poems from the collection. Have a listen! www.readappalachia.com/blog/ep-50-d...

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Ep. 50 | Poetry Corner: Denton Loving — Read Appalachia

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

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Christiana Doucette @doucette515.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

This is one of my podcast favorites. Both because @kdwinchester.bsky.social is a good friend and because I love how she promotes Appalachian stories and poetry. And this episode with @noahsoltau.bsky.social of @redbranchreview.bsky.social was especially enjoyable!

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Alma Katsu (pre-order INCARNATE now! Coming Sept 22 in US) @almakatsu.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

ICYMI, @bookriot.bsky.social READ OR DEAD podcast is launching a book club & FIEND is going to be its inaugural read! Thank you @kdwinchester.bsky.social & @kt-librarylady.bsky.social Lmk if there's anything I can do to help!

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Meg Reid 🦦 @megireid.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

From South Arts: that they terminated ArtsHERE, one of the most substantial nonmatching grants I've ever seen. Millions of dollars stripped from orgs who were already depending on it. Call your reps & tell them to restore the (broad bipartisan!) commitment to funding the NEA in next year’s budget.

Last Friday, many though not all active and pending direct grants from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) were terminated. One of the projects that was terminated effective May 31, was the NEA’s ArtsHERE initiative, delivered in cooperation with South Arts and through significant partnership with the US Regional Arts Organizations. This comes alongside the president’s proposal to eliminate the NEA entirely in the FY26 federal budget. Together, these actions will have devastating impacts on communities throughout the country.

We at South Arts, along with the national collective of US Regional Arts Organizations, strongly urge Congress to restore the grant funding in support of the arts, culture, and creativity that was passed during the last budgetary approval process, in addition to maintaining its broad bipartisan commitment to funding the NEA in next year’s budget.

Guidelines of the ArtsHERE grants, which offered $65k - 130k in nonmatched funds

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Read Appalachia @readappalachia.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

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! www.readappalachia.com/blog/ep-38-p...

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Kendra Winchester @kdwinchester.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Love hosting poetry corner. Poets, in general, def deserve more love.

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Kendra Winchester @kdwinchester.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

My dad and I are very similar in a lot of ways, but we struggle to find common interests to talk about. So here is an ongoing list of random topics I’ve brought up and their success rate.

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Kendra Winchester @kdwinchester.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

The closest I could get to having them pose together. But I’ll take it.

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Read Appalachia @readappalachia.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Happy pub day to TO BELONG HERE edited by Rae Garringer ✨

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Kendra Winchester @kdwinchester.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

I finally took down my Christmas decorations. Please clap.

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Sarah Fawn Montgomery @sfmontgomery.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

For @electriclit.bsky.social I wrote about common microaggressions in the ableist writing workshop, ways disabled writers can resist in order to reclaim their stories, and my @sundresspub.bsky.social craft book NERVE. electricliterature.com/to-tell-my-d...

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To Tell My Disabled Stories, I Needed to Unlearn Ableist Workshop Critiques - Electric Literature

I masked in workshop and on the page, even as it invalidated my lived experience

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Kendra Winchester @kdwinchester.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Baby girl has been sick for days, but she finally seems to be on the mend. ❤️‍🩹

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Kendra Winchester @kdwinchester.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Back home. Today I returned to my favorite table at my local cafe. ☕️ I’m so behind on all of my journaling. 😅

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