Pretend the Ball is Named Jim Crow explores the Black American experience through the lens of basebal legend Josh Gibson's life and seventeen-year baseball career while addressing social change, culture, family, race, death, and oppression-while honoring and giving voice to Gibson and a voiceless generation of African Americans.
Rebecca Redding
Her latest book, Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts, a lyrical culinary journey that explores the hidden legacy of Black Appalachians, through powerful storytelling alongside nearly forty comforting recipes, 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 […]
Positive Power is a collection of empowering stories and poems for anyone who needs encouragement or inspiration along their spiritual journey.
Lexington Art League and Kentucky Humanities have partnered to bring the local poetry community to the Loudoun House for an evening of listening and sharing in an all-out open mic.
The second in her POE Prophecies series, an engaging young adult mystery series inspired by true events and the works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Black Cat continues Aidan Gray’s journey through P.O.E. Academy as he investigates the mysterious behavior of another student and uncovers a sinister secret.
Plastic is a surreal, hilarious, and sneakily profound debut novel that casts our current climate of gun violence and environmental destruction in a surprising new mold.
Winner of the Etchings Press Book Prize, Pineville Trace follows a former Southern revival preacher and confidence man on his escape from prison eventually confronting his past and seeking redemption amidst the wilderness.
Perfect Day Kentucky shares insights and insider tips to help visitors make the very most of the quintessential experiences, while also presenting additional suggestions to inspire further exploration and encourage longer stays.
Pastures of the Empty Page brings together fellow writers to honor Larry McMurtry and his impact on American letters.
His third book, Once These Hills begins in 1898 on Black Boar Mountain in eastern Kentucky and follows Lydia King from her discovery of an ancient, preserved body, through love and marriage, to her attempts to reverse the curse of the bog body.
On Rising Ground provides a richly-researched account of a Confederate foot soldier drawn from the thirty surviving letters he wrote to his wife Martha.
Of Fathers & Gods opens a window into the most primal elements of the human condition and shows us how, try as we might, we can never fully escape the bonds of parent and child.