Join Crystal Wilkinson and Ronni Lundy for a discussion of Crystal’s culinary memoir, Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks in the beautiful setting of Fasig Tipton on October 31st, noon to 2pm. Books by both writers will be available for purchase.
This premier event will be catered by Ouita Michel and Holly Hill Events. Details about the menu to follow.
Crystal Wilkinson
Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts
Recipient of a Writing Freedom Fellowship, an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Poetry, an O. Henry Prize, an Academy of American Poets Fellowship, a USA Artists Fellowship, and an Ernest J. Gaines Prize for Literary Excellence, Crystal Wilkinson was Poet Laureate of Kentucky from 2021 to 2023 and currently teaches creative writing at the University of Kentucky where she is a Bush-Holbrook Endowed Professor and Director of the Division of Creative Writing. Crystal Wilkinson’s latest book, Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts, is a lyrical culinary journey that explores the hidden legacy of Black Appalachians, through powerful storytelling alongside nearly forty comforting recipes. Praisesong was named a Most Anticipated Book or Best Book in 2024 So Far by Ms. Magazine, Book Riot, Parade, Electric Lit, The Root, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and others.
Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts
Recipient of a Writing Freedom Fellowship, an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Poetry, an O. Henry Prize, an Academy of American Poets Fellowship, a USA Artists Fellowship, and an Ernest J. Gaines Prize for Literary Excellence, Crystal Wilkinson was Poet Laureate of Kentucky from 2021 to 2023 and currently teaches creative writing at the University of Kentucky where she is a Bush-Holbrook Endowed Professor and Director of the Division of Creative Writing. Crystal Wilkinson’s latest book, Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts, is a lyrical culinary journey that explores the hidden legacy of Black Appalachians, through powerful storytelling alongside nearly forty comforting recipes. Praisesong was named a Most Anticipated Book or Best Book in 2024 So Far by Ms. Magazine, Book Riot, Parade, Electric Lit, The Root, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and others.
Ronni Lundy
Victuals: An Appalachian Journey, with Recipes
Former restaurant reviewer and music critic for The Courier-Journal and former editor of Louisville Magazine, Ronni Lundy has long chronicled the people of the hillbilly diaspora as a journalist and cookbook author and has been recognized for her work with the Southern Foodways Alliance Craig Claiborne Lifetime Achievement Award. Winner of the James Beard Foundation Book of the Year Award and Best Book, American Cooking, Victuals is an exploration of the foodways, people, and places of Appalachia.
Former restaurant reviewer and music critic for The Courier-Journal and former editor of Louisville Magazine, Ronni Lundy has long chronicled the people of the hillbilly diaspora as a journalist and cookbook author and has been recognized for her work with the Southern Foodways Alliance Craig Claiborne Lifetime Achievement Award. Winner of the James Beard Foundation Book of the Year Award and Best Book, American Cooking, Victuals is an exploration of the foodways, people, and places of Appalachia.
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