Set in a small Kentucky college town in 1953, Lovesick Blossoms is a compelling and emotional tale of passion, power, fulfillment -and consequences- of not playing by the rules in Appalachia.
Jay McCoy
Presented by The Kentucky Book Festival and Kentucky Humanities, this program is part of the main festival on November 2. Christen Randall The No-Girlfriend Rule When Christen Randall, a queer, fat, neurodivergent author, is not writing joyful stories for the next generation of geeky gay kids, you can find them working at their local library […]
In this panel discussion, novelists Lee Cole, Gwenda Bond, Angela Jackson-Brown, and Jessica Strawser will discuss writing complicated love stories. Click "Learn More" to watch the video!
This summer, Reese Camden is trading sweet tea and Southern hospitality for cold brew and crisp coastal air. She's landed her dream marketing internship at Friends of Flavor, a wildly popular cooking channel in Seattle. The only problem? Benny Beneventi, the relentlessly charming, backwards-baseball-cap-wearing culinary intern--and her main competition for the fall job.
His latest book, Love for the Land draws on in-depth interviews and the writings of Wendell Berry to explore why some small and midsized farmers continue to care for their land and calls upon everyone to learn from these farmers and cultivate a better future for food and farming.
Loud Water, details the gritty and redemptive story of Crit Poppwell and his unsettling paroled return to Breathitt County after a prison awakening to the healing power of art and creativity.
Lost In America chronicles the pain and joy of navigating life in America as the daughter of an immigrant Chinese father and German mother.
In this stirring new collection of historical poetry, Load In Nine Times, he braids the voices of the United States Colored Troops--including his own ancestors--with family members, as well as slaveowners and prominent historical figures--including Frederick Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, and Margaret Garner--into a wide-ranging series of persona poems imbued with atmospheric imagery and brimming with […]
When Little Dump Truck is in a good mood, she's the happiest member of her construction crew. But when things don't go her way, she becomes Little GRUMP Truck. This bright, playful book shows kids that meditation and mindfulness can banish even the most serious case of the grumpies.
Presented by The Kentucky Book Festival and Kentucky Humanities, this program is part of the main festival on November 2. Founded November 2011 by Elizabeth Beck and Jay McCoy, Teen Howl 2.0, under new leadership of former Teen Howl Poets, Jessica Taylor and Hunter Nelson welcome poets aged 13-20 to Third Street Stuff & Coffee […]
This is a one-of-a-kind experience combining elements of the literary and culinary worlds. Chef Ouita Michel will craft a special lunch menu from her first published cookbook, Just A Few Miles South. Ouita’s motto, “Food is Love,” is the perfect match for book-lovers too! Tickets are $55.00 and include tax, handling, and an autographed copy […]
What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? My most recent book of poetry is The Parting Glass, published by Madville Press in November of 2022 which won the 2021 Arthur Smith Poetry Prize. My first book, This Gone Place, won the 2010 Weatherford Award for Poetry and a second […]