Palm Sunday

Spend the evening with me and support a great library system.

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I am so honored to receive the 2026 Southern Book Prize for Nonfiction. I am especially grateful for this award since it is picked by indie booksellers and readers. My sincere thanks to everyone involved, especially the Southern Independent Booksellers Association.

Colder Than Cold Silas House turns a brutal snowstorm into a searing meditation on violence and bearing witness, as redbirds pecking in the snow hold out hope.

My new poem appears in @salvationsouth.com #poem #IceOut #poetry

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Photo is taken inside a bookstore. Close up of a book on a stand. The cover shows that it is All These Ghosts by Silas House, with a card beneath that has a bookseller's review, including the phrase "I love this book!!!!!"

Hooray for All These Ghosts! Silas House's collection is the Top Book of 2025 at Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, VA (H/T for their photo). This kind of recognition is so important in independent publishing—congrats to Silas & the @blairpub.bsky.social team, where I'm proud to serve as poetry editor.

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Day 8 “The Old Ways” by Silas House - 5 ⭐️

“I don’t mean it in a bad way, honey. That’s just who you are. You hate it here until you’re gone and then you get homesick.”

This story is perfection—as rich as the peanut butter candy Grandma Alpha and Blue are making during it.

I wondered if the trees were God. They were like
God in many respects: they stood silent, and most people
only noticed them when the need arose. Maybe all the
secrets to life were written on the surface of leaves, waiting
to be translated. Silas House, Parchment of Leaves

Gov. Andy Beshear - 2026 State of the Commonwealth and Budget Address YouTube video by Governor Andy Beshear

I’m proud to be serving as emcee for Governor Beshear’s State of the Commonwealth address today Watch live at 5:30 p.m.
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Ep. 52 | Silas House — Read Appalachia Kendra Winchester talks to Silas House, the former Poet Laureate of Kentucky and author of Dead Man Blues and All These Ghosts .

In the 2025 season finale of the podcast, @kdwinchester.bsky.social talks with @silashouse.bsky.social about his debut poetry collection ALL THESE GHOSTS and his debut murder mystery DEAD MAN BLUES. Have a listen! 🎧

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My short story, “Another Country”, is set on January 6 (Old Christmas/Day of Epiphany) and is a modern Appalachian retelling of Joyce’s “The Dead”. I hope you’ll have time to read it as the Twelve Days of Christmas come to an end.

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In his debut crime novel, Silas House @silashouse.bsky.social gives us a gripping story and compelling characters, a classic page turner. Set in a small southern town of shared connections and histories, the book masterfully weaves motive and suspicion with intriguing clues on every page. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Thursday There is a lot going on today.

Silas shared some of his remarkable #poetry, and I was reminded of how powerful the #arts can be as we talk with the people around us about the importance of democracy and how much impact losing it would have on our lives
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Join me and SG Goodman for this private event in NYC to benefit the Kentucky Wildlands. www.eventbrite.com/e/kentuckian...

ALL THESE GHOSTS is a finalist for the Southern Book Prize. This award is special because booksellers pick the finalists and readers pick the winner. I’m honored to be a finalist among such an amazing lineup. You can vote for your favorites here.
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This week
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DEAD MAN BLUES is the @barnesandnoble.com mystery/thriller pick for October! Get your copy here. www.barnesandnoble.com/b/books/awar...

Join me and Wiley Cash this Thursday to discuss my new mystery, DEAD MAN BLUES. Free and open to everyone, but you must register. www.eventbrite.com/e/bn-midday-...

Apparently you read the headline but not the article?

Seems like you didn’t read the article and only the headline.

"Music has always been a tremendous part of my life, so it makes sense that plenty of songs show up throughout the collection."

@silashouse.bsky.social shared a playlist for his poetry collection All These Ghosts at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2025/09/13/s...

Graphic featuring a portion of Silas House's poem

Photograph of poet Silas House

“Today’s poem is by one of my favorite Kentucky writers, a fellow dog person,” shares host @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social in today’s episode.

Read “For You Who Have Loved Old Dogs" by @silashouse.bsky.social and our full episode transcript: bit.ly/4gHW4zT

📸: Carey Neal Gough
📖: Blair

After Charlie Kirk’s murder, what lies ahead could be terrible Something is profoundly broken in America — and we're all at risk

. @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social has written something exquisitely beautiful about something horrible. Please read and share. @salon.com

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The contrast is stark.

I abhor ALL violence. No one deserves to be shot for their opinions, no matter how reprehensible.

I just wish we lived in a country where our elected GOP reps publicly mourned for murdered schoolchildren as passionately as they do for a person who devoted his life to division and vitriol.

Last day for this great deal. #BNPREORDER
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I recommend Lark Ascending by @silashouse.bsky.social - it’s really about love, I think.

Q + A: KY author Silas House on his new poetry collection and a murder mystery novel This fall, Silas House is publishing two books at the same time: his first collection of poetry and a murder mystery.

A great honor and great fun to talk to @silashouse.bsky.social about publishing TWO new books this fall
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Why Poetry? How "Trees", Wordsworth, Millay, Natalie Wood, My 7th Grade English Teacher, and others turned me into a poet; how I hunkered down to do the work; and why now.

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