Mommy Goose's Appalachian Melodies, offers lyrical poems and nursery rhymes in tandem with whimsical and vibrant wood carvings giving readers an opportunity to delight in language and the richness of music and storytelling more attuned to the cultural and verbal complexities of Appalachia.
Rebecca Redding
Josh Boldt writes crime fiction and mystery novels set in the American South. For fans of his prior novels, Moneymaker offers a glimpse into the early years of a familiar character in Mack Abbott in this gripping tale of intrigue and suspense.
Mariposa: Opioid Abatement Poems tells two parallel stories, one a harrowing descent of a beloved adult daughter into heroin addiction and homelessness, the other a quietly hopeful mother's journey toward a heroic self-discipline.
Presented by The Kentucky Book Festival and Kentucky Humanities, this program is part of the main festival on November 2. Nic Stone Chaos Theory After graduating from Spelman College, Nic Stone worked extensively in teen mentoring and lived in Israel for a few years before returning to the US to write full-time. The #1 New […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Latino Poetry: The Library of America Anthology is a landmark Latinx poetry collection including more than 180 poets, spanning from the 17th century to today, and presenting poems written in Spanish in the original and in English translation.