A gastronomic history like no other, Simplicity and Excellence effortlessly paints a portrait of Elizabeth Cromwell Kremer, one of the most influential forces behind the preservation of Kentucky's culture through its cuisine.
Books & Authors
Shitbag Soldier examines the military fairytale that fueled Burton’s enlistment in light of the camouflage nightmares of a reality where she must survive by writing her own narrative instead of letting someone else define her truth.
When 17-year-old Hunter Gifford wakes in the hospital on the night of homecoming, he’s shocked to learn he and his girlfriend, Chloe Summers, have been in a terrible car accident. Hunter has no memory of the crash, and his shock turns to horror when he is told Chloe’s blood has been found in the car―but […]
She Remembered It All: The Art of Memory Painter Helen LaFrance, Waldrop’s second children’s book, explores the life and art of Helen LaFrance, a Kentucky memory painter and outsider artist who captured a lively, vibrant view of rural life in a changing world.
For almost half a century, celebrated ventriloquist and entertainer Shari Lewis (1933–1998) delighted generations of children and adults with the help of her trusted sock puppet sidekick, Lamb Chop. For decades, the beloved pair were synonymous with children's television, educating and entrancing their young audience with their symbiotic personalities and their proclivity for song, dance, […]
Shaker Made is a love letter to the cultural artifacts-the architecture, furniture, and crafts-of one of America's most notable utopian societies.
In October 1979, six years after suffering the loss of Beth, her dear friend and sister-in-law, to enemy mortar fire near the village of Quảng Ngãi, Vietnam, Kat Hunter began to question everything about her traditional life. With a backdrop of the 1970s feminist movement and the final years of the Vietnam War, Kat decides […]
This bilingual (Spanish and English) book of poems is about home and notions of home and different kinds of self-portraiture. Among the poems in the collection is a sequence on Albrecht Dürer’s self-portraits that meditates on how we see and interpret the world and how we fashion images of ourselves for others.
Scissors, Paper, Rock delves into the complexities of human relationships, identity, and the search for self-discovery.
Rooted in Sunrise is a story of learning to change and, in the process, discovering what is most important.
What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? On my table, I will have copies of RICKY & OTHER LOVE STORIES, copies of my first book BIG BAD (if Joseph-Beth allows me to also feature a previous title), RICKY and BIG BAD postcards, bookmarks, and stickers, as well as some fun “love story” […]
In the fifth book in the "John Ross Boomer Lit" series, John Ross is out of excuses for skipping his 50th high school class reunion that his daughter arranged for him to attend as a gift. So it’s off to Ohio for a gathering of Riley High School seniors from the class of 1968.