Stoked to have words in the new spring Appalachian Journal spring ‘26 issue! Check out my review of Julie Hensley’s FIVE OAKS. Thanks to Jessica Cory for including me and putting together this stellar issue! Get a copy!
#appalachianlit #writingcommunity #literaryjournal #bookreview #fiveoaks
Join us for the 20th Annual Mountain Heritage Literary Festival, May 29 and 30 at Lincoln Memorial University. Founder @silashouse.bsky.social will be keynote speaker. Engaging courses w/ Charles Dodd White, Mandi Fugate Sheffel , Wes Blake, Meg Wade. Get tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/20th-annua...
HAZELGREEN AND OTHER HAUNTS: A Memoir of Place-in-Essays is a finalist for the River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Book Prize! Exciting things are coming soon. Stay tuned.
This book is about Appalachia, impermanence, Sam Shepard, an eastern Kentucky jazz pianist, place, stories, and time.
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When I get this time machine working, I’ll be stopping here! Thanks to Grayson for sharing this. This is one of my favorite songs, and Midway, KY is the town on the north side of the county I live in. Somehow I never ran into Sam Shepard, but a lot of my friends did.
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Good times signing books and meeting readers at the Virginia Festival of the Book in Charlottesville! #appalachianlit #southernlit
Had a blast at the Appalachian Studies Assciation Conference (ASA)! Loved our panels “Appalachian Men Write the Seasons of Love” and “Animal Rescues in Appalachian Literature.”
Looking forward to seeing everyone in Huntington, West Virginia at the Appalachian Studies Association Conference! #appalachianlit
Charlottesville! We’ll be at the Virginia Festival of the Book this Saturday from noon until 6pm. Drop by, say hello, and get a signed book if you’re in the area! #bookfestival #appalachianlit #southernlit
Love animals? Love Appalachia? Check out our panel at the 49th Annual Appalachian Studies Association Conference at Marshall University! #appalachianlit #animals
Come hear us read our work from “Appalachian Men Write the Seasons of Love: Portraits of Vulnerability and Masculinity in Contemporary Appalachia”
49th Annual Appalachian Studies Conference at Marshall University
It’s a great one!
If you missed me at Joseph-Beth Books in Lexington today, there are signed copies of Pineville Trace left!
Pineville Trace, an award-winning novella-in-flash from the University of Indianapolis’ Etchings Press, is an “introspective, haunting tale that remains with us” (Heavy Feather Review). 💙📚
I’ll be signing copies of the ole Pineville Trace this Saturday at the always supportive Joseph-Beth Bookstore in Lex, 1-3 pm. I’m appreciative to the judges that have recognized this book (and allowed me to cover it with all these cool award stickers like my Trapper Keeper when I was a kid). 💙📚
Had fun signing books at Wildside Winery, just down the road in Nonesuch, KY #PinevilleTrace
This is one of the most impactful and stunning books I’ve read. From the unforgettable opening prose poem “Allegiance” to the closing consciousness-mirroring “Shattered Jewel,” this is a soulful, visceral and urgent work brimming with clarity, honesty, sadness, humor, and beauty. Read it.
Hope to see you out there! Learn more at wesblake.com/events #writingcommunity
Throwback Thursday! David Domine talked with me and Erik Rust at @carmichaels.bsky.social a while back. Tonight MURDER IN GLITTERBALL CITY, a new documentary based on his awesome book premieres on HBO Max. Watch it! #truecrime
Excited to be part of the 2026 Appalachian Writers Workshop faculty alongside these talented writers and teachers. You won’t find a better workshop or writing community. Join us! Applications are open until March 1st. Apply at hindman.org/workshop
#AWW26 #AppalachianWritersWorkshop #WritingWorkshop
Check out my new story “To Bury” in the brand new UNTELLING Issue 4 | Winter ‘25 issue. I workshopped the story this summer at Appalachian Writers Workshop at @hindmanschool.bsky.social . I worked on the final sentence every day for three weeks!
Order your copy at hindman.org/untelling/
Loved this book. One of the best Jim Harrison books, and it surprises me how high quality most are. This is a story about grief, life, death, the UP, Chippewa religious ideas, bears, our connection with animals and the spirit world, and how our stories and the stories of our ancestors carry on. 💙📚
Honored to be included in the new UNTELLING Issue 4 | Winter ‘25 issue alongside so many writers/poets/artists I admire. Thanks to editor Melissa Helton and Hindman Settlement School.
Order your copy at hindman.org/untelling/
A sad day in our country that should deeply concern every American.
Honored to be a finalist and look forward to writing in James Still’s cabin soon! Congrats to the winners and other finalists, and thanks to the judges!
#OakLedgeResidencyContest #JamesStill #Contest #WritingRetreat #appalachianwriter
The new @publisherswkly.bsky.social print edition features PINEVILLE TRACE and highlights how artist Erik Rust worked with Etchings Press and designer Abigail Bailey to create the NIEA award-winning cover! #publishersweekly @booklife.bsky.social
#booklife #coverart #collage #pinevilletrace 💙📚
Love that. That’s one of my favorite books!
Congrats!
PINEVILLE TRACE is a 2026 Independent Press Award Distinguished Favorite for both the literary fiction AND audiobook categories! Thanks to Etchings Press and narrator Michael Mau!
www.independentpressaward.com/2026-favorites
#2026IPA #GabbyBookAwards #bookaward #literaryfiction #audiobook 📚💙🐱
Congrats!!