"Now, Appalachia"

Now, Appalachia Interview with author Tyler Barton

November 23, 2021 15:24 - 40 minutes - 36.6 MB

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot speaks to author Tyler Barton about his latest collection of short stories, ETERNAL NIGHT AT THE NATURE MUSEUM. Tyler Barton is a literary advocate and cofounder of Fear No Lit, home of the Submerging Writer Fellowship. His fiction has appeared in The Iowa Review, Gulf Coast, Subtropics, and elsewhere. He's earned honors from Kenyon Review, The Chicago Review of Books, Pheobe Journal, Best of the Net, Best Microfiction 2020 and Best Small Ficti...

Now, Appalachia Interview with Michael Amos Cody

November 08, 2021 21:39 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MB

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews author Michael Amos Cody. Michael Amos Cody grew up in the village of Walnut, jewel of Madison County, North Carolina, not far from the ruins of Runion, a place he has reimagined for stories appearing in Yemassee, Tampa Review, Still, and other publications, as well as in his first novel Gabriel's Songbook (Pisgah Press 2017). He lives with his wife Leesa in Jonesborough, Tennessee, and teaches in the Department of Literature and Lan...

Now, Appalachia Interview with author Kimi Cunningham Grant

November 02, 2021 00:36 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MB

On the latest edition of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews author Kimi Cunningham Grant. Kimi is the author of Fallen Mountains, Silver Like Dust, and These Silent Woods. Kimi is a two-time winner of a Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Memorial Prize in Poetry and a recipient of a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts fellowship in creative nonfiction. Her poems and essays have appeared in Fathom, Literary Mama, RATTLE, Poet Lore, and Whitefish Review. She lives, writes, and teaches in Pennsylvania. ---...

Now, Appalachia interview with author Jayne Waldrop

October 18, 2021 19:52 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MB

On this episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews author Jayne Waldrop about her new novel DROWNED TOWN. Jayne Waldrop is a western Kentucky native who is the author of Retracing My Steps, a finalist in the 2018 New Women's Voices Chapbook Contest, and Pandemic Lent: A Season in Poems. Waldrop's work has appeared in the Anthology of Appalachian Writers, Still: The Journal, Appalachian Review, New Madrid Review, Deep South Magazine, New Limestone Review, Women Speak, and other literary jou...

Now, Appalachia Interview with author Matthew Pearl

October 11, 2021 21:38 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MB

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot speaks with author Matthew Pearl about his latest book "The Taking of Jemima Boone." His novels have been international and New York Times bestsellers translated into more than 30 languages. His nonfiction writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, The Atavist Magazine, and Slate. The New York Daily News raves "if the past is indeed a foreign country, Matthew Pearl has your passport." Matthew has been chosen Best Author for B...

Now, Appalachia interview with journalist Stephen Kurczy

October 04, 2021 15:02 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MB

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews journalist Stephen Kurczy about his new book THE QUIET ZONE. Stephen Kurczy is an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in The NewYork Times, The New Yorker, The Economist, The Christian Science Monitor, and VICE, among other outlets. He graduated from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where he was a 2016-2017 Knight-Bagehot Fellow in Business and Economics Journalism. Kurczy has lived without a cell...

Now, Appalachia Interview with author Evan Morgan Williams

September 27, 2021 21:17 - 30 minutes - 28 MB

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews author Evan Morgan Williams about his new book STORIES OF THE NEW WEST. Evan Morgan Williams is the author of three collections of short stories. His latest collection, Stories of the New West, will be released in September, 2021, by Main Street Rag Press. Pre-orders are welcome! Click on “Purchase” to learn more. Williams’ first collection, Thorn: Short Stories, won the 2013 Chandra Prize at BkMk Press (University of Missouri-Kansa...

Now, Appalachia interview with author Wiley Cash

September 20, 2021 20:52 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MB

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews author Wiley Cash about his latest novel WHEN GHOSTS COME HOME. Wiley Cash is the New York Times best selling author of When Ghosts Come Home, The Last Ballad, A Land More Kind than Home, and This Dark Road to Mercy. He currently serves as Alumni Author-in-Residence at the University of North Carolina-Asheville. He lives with his wife and two young daughters on the coast of North Carolina. --- Support this podcast: https://podcast...

Now, Appalachia Interview with author Gervais Hagerty

August 17, 2021 16:01 - 28 minutes - 25.6 MB

Gervais Hagerty grew up in Charleston, South Carolina. After reporting and producing the news for both radio and television, she taught communications at The Citadel. When not writing, she works on local environmental and transportation issues. She lives in Charleston with her husband and two daughters. In Polite Company is her first novel. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eliot-parker/support

Now, Appalachia Interview with author James Tate Hill

August 10, 2021 15:19 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MB

On this episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews author James Tate Hill about his new memoir BLIND MAN'S BLUFF. James Tate Hill is the author of Academy Gothic, winner of the 2014 Nilsen Prize for a First Novel, coming in fall 2015 from SMSU Press. He serves as Fiction and Reviews Editor for the literary journal Monkeybicycle, an imprint of Dzanc Books. His short stories have appeared or are forthcoming in Story Quarterly, Sonora Review, The South Carolina Review, The Laurel Review, The ...

Now, Appalachia Interview with editor Sylvia Shurbutt

August 03, 2021 15:13 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MB

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews scholar and editor Sylvia Shurbutt about a new collection of essays titled SILAS HOUSE: EXPLORING AN APPALACHIAN WRITERS WORK. Sylvia is the director of the Shepherd University Center for Appalachian Studies and Communities. She currently serves as the Appalachian Heritage WIR Project Director at Shepherd University and as the editor of the Anthology of Appalachian Writers. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/...

Now, Appalachia Interview with Karen Salyer McElmurray

July 13, 2021 16:46 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MB

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot welcomes back author Karen Salyer McElmurrary to talk about her new book: VOICE LESSONS: ESSAYS. Karen Salyer McElmurray’s Surrendered Child: A Birth Mother’s Journey, was an AWP Award Winner for Creative Nonfiction. Her novels are The Motel of the Stars, Editor’s Pick by Oxford American, and Strange Birds in the Tree of Heaven, winner of the Chaffin Award for Appalachian Writing. Her nonfiction work has been three times Notable in Best America...

Now, Appalachia Interview with author David Bell

June 30, 2021 01:09 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MB

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot speaks to thriller novelist David Bell about his latest novel KILL ALL YOUR DARLINGS. David Bell is the USA Today-bestselling author of eleven novels from Berkley/Penguin, including KILL ALL YOUR DARLINGS, THE REQUEST, LAYOVER, SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER, BRING HER HOME, SINCE SHE WENT AWAY, SOMEBODY I USED TO KNOW, THE FORGOTTEN GIRL, NEVER COME BACK, THE HIDING PLACE, and CEMETERY GIRL. His work has been translated into numerous foreign languages, ...

Now, Appalachia Interview with author Blake Scott Ball

June 08, 2021 20:50 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MB

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews author Blake Scott Ball about his latest book CHARLIE BROWN'S AMERICA: THE POPULAR POLITICS OF PEANUTS. Blake is an Assistant Professor of History at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama and is a writer and historian of 20th century culture. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eliot-parker/support

Now, Appalachia interview with author Jim Hamilton

May 25, 2021 23:53 - 31 minutes - 28.3 MB

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews author Jim Hamilton about his new novel THE LAST ENTRY. Jim Hamilton is a County Extension Director for the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service. While originally from a small town in east central Alabama, he's been huntin', plantin', transplanting, consuming, and teaching about ginseng in western North Carolina for the last 10 years. He holds a PhD in Forestry from NC State and is an adjunct professor at Appalachian State Un...

Now, Appalachia interview with author and podcaster Anna Sale

May 18, 2021 22:23 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MB

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews author and podcaster Anna Sale about her new book LETS TALK ABOUT HARD THINGS. Anna is the creator and host of Death, Sex & Money, the award-winning podcast from WNYC Studios, where she’s been doing interviews about “the things we think about a lot and need to talk about more” since 2014. Before that, she covered politics for public radio for years. She grew up in West Virginia and lives in the East Bay in California with her husband...

Now, Appalachia interview with literary agent Alice Speilburg

May 04, 2021 21:42 - 39 minutes - 35.7 MB

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, the special series on the business side of publishing concludes with a conversation with literary agent Alice Speilburg. Alice is the founding agent of Speilburg Literary and has worked in book publishing for more than a decade. She is a member of the Association of American Literary Agents (formerly the AAR) and represents narrative nonfiction an d commercial fiction for adults and YA readers. Alice previously worked at John Wiley & Sons, and Howard...

Now, Appalachia Interview with book publicist Maryglenn McCombs

April 20, 2021 20:30 - 32 minutes - 29.3 MB

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, our special series on the business side of publishing continues with book publicist Maryglenn McCombs. Maryglenn is a 1993 graduate of Vanderbilt University and has been actively working in the book publishing industry for nearly 20 years. During that time she has been involved with literally hundreds of books. She discuss what a book publicist does for authors and why authors need them to help promote their work(s). --- Support this podcast: http...

Now, Appalachia Interview with Ashley Runyon of the University of Kentucky Press

March 30, 2021 18:45 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MB

This episode of Now, Appalachia is the first episode in a series of podcasts focusing on the business side of writing and publishing. The guest for this episode is Ashley Runyon, of the University Press of Kentucky.The University Press of Kentucky has a dual mission—the publication of academic books of high scholarly merit in a variety of fields and the publication of significant books about the history and culture of Kentucky, the Ohio Valley region, the Upper South, and Appalachia. The Pre...

Now, Appalachia interview with Ohio author Jess Montgomery

March 09, 2021 20:44 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MB

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews Ohio author Jess Montgomery about her latest novel THE STILLS. Jess Montgomery is the “Literary Life” columnist for the Dayton Daily News and writes a new Writer's Digest magazine column, "Level Up Your Writing (Life)." Based on early chapters of the first in the Kinship Series, The Widows, Jess was awarded an Ohio Arts Council individual artist’s grant for literary arts and named the John E. Nance Writer-in-Residence at Thurber Hous...

Now, Appalachia Interview with Kentucky author Leesa Cross-Smith

February 23, 2021 22:44 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MB

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews Kentucky author Leesa Cross-Smith about her new novel THIS CLOSE TO OKAY. Leesa Cross-Smith is a homemaker and the author of Every Kiss A War, Whiskey & Ribbons, So We Can Glow, and This Close To Okay. She lives in Kentucky with her husband and their two teenagers. Find more at LeesaCrossSmith.com. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eliot-parker/support

Now, Appalachia interview with North Carolina author Renea Winchester

February 17, 2021 02:41 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MB

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews North Carolina author Renea Winchester about her new novel OUTBOUND TRAIN. Renea Winchester was born in Bryson City, North Carolina. She is the author of two nonfiction books set in Atlanta Georgia where she lived for 17 years. Outbound Train is her first novel. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eliot-parker/support

Now, Appalachia Interview with author John Hart

January 27, 2021 02:39 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MB

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews New York Times bestselling Appalachian author John Hart about his latest novel THE UNWILLING. John is the New York Times bestselling author of The King of Lies, Down River, The Last Child, Iron House, Redemption Road, and The Hush. The only author in history to win the Edgar Award for Best Novel consecutively, John has also won the Barry Award, the Southern Independent Bookseller’s Award for Fiction, the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Awar...

Now, Appalachia interview with author Michael Farris Smith

January 12, 2021 22:20 - 38 minutes - 15.1 MB

On the first episode of 2021, Eliot interviews author Michael Farris Smith about his new novel NICK. Michael is the author of Blackwood, The Fighter, Desperation Road, Rivers, and The Hands of Strangers. His novels have appeared on Best of the Year lists in Esquire, Southern Living, Book Riot, and numerous other outlets, and have been named Indie Next, Barnes & Noble Discover, and Amazon Best of the Month selections. He has been a finalist for the Southern Book Prize, the Gold Dagger Award ...

Now, Appalachia interview with Brooks Rexroat of Summer Camp Publishing

December 16, 2020 17:23 - 37 minutes - 14.6 MB

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot speaks to Brooks Rexroat, founder of Summer Camp Publishing. Summer Camp Publishing is a micropress specializing in brief but powerful works of prose and poetry. Based in Banner Elk, North Carolina, the press has a special affinity for the Appalachian and Midwestern roots of its founders but is home for compelling work from writers writing from anywhere and everywhere. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eliot-p...

Now, Appalachia Interview with Tennessee historian Jeff Jackson

December 08, 2020 19:17 - 36 minutes - 14 MB

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot speaks to Tennessee historian and author Jeff Jackson about his latest book: PAPER BULLETS: TWO ARTISTS WHO RISKED THEIR LIVES TO DEFY THE NAZIS. Jeff is a is Professor of History at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. An expert on European history and culture, he is the author of Paris Under Water: How the City of Light Survived the Great Flood of 1910 and Making Jazz French: Music and Modern Life in Interwar Paris. He has appeared in docume...

Now, Appalachia Interview with Kentucky author Ellen Birkett Morris

November 17, 2020 22:52 - 31 minutes - 12.2 MB

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews Kentucky author Ellen Birkett Morris about her short story collection LOST GIRLS. Her fiction has appeared in Shenandoah, AntiochReview, South Carolina Review, and other journals. She received the BevelSummers Prize for short fiction. Morris is a recipient of the Al Smith Fellowfrom the Kentucky Arts Council. Morris has an MFA from QueensUniversity-Charlotte. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eliot-...

Now, Appalachia Interview with Ohio Poet Ben Kline

November 10, 2020 19:56 - 34 minutes - 13.4 MB

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews Ohio poet Ben Kline. Hailing from west Appalachian farm country, Ben Kline lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, writing poems and telling stories, drinking more coffee than might seem wise. His chapbook SAGITTARIUS A* will be published in 2020 by Sibling Rivalry Press. His work is forthcoming or has recently appeared in The Cortland Review, DIAGRAM, My Loves: a Digital Anthology of Queer Love Poems, Okay Donkey, Theta Wave, Screen Door Review...

Now, Appalachia Interview with North Carolina author and podcaster Landis Wade

November 03, 2020 19:30 - 31 minutes - 29.6 MB

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews North Carolina author and podcaster Landis Wade. Landis Wade is a recovering trial lawyer, dog lover, host of Charlotte Readers Podcast and author of books and stories whose third book--"The Christmas Redemption"--won the Holiday category of the 12th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards. He won the 2016 North Carolina State Bar short story contest for "The Deliberation" and received awards for his non-fiction pieces, "The Cape Fe...

Now, Appalachia interview with North Carolina author Annette Clapsaddle

October 27, 2020 21:43 - 33 minutes - 13 MB

On this episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot speaks to North Carolina author Annette Clapsaddle about her new novel EVEN AS WE BREATHE. Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle is an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), holds degrees from Yale University and the College of William and Mary. Her work Going to Water won the Morning Star Award for Creative Writing from the Native American Literature Symposium and was a finalist for the PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fictio...

Now, Appalachia Interview with Journalist Jeff Young

October 14, 2020 01:22 - 36 minutes - 14.1 MB

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews journalist Jeff Young about his new book APPALACHIAN FALL: DISPATCHES FROM COAL COUNTRY ON WHAT'S AILING AMERICA. Jeff Young is the managing editor of Ohio Valley ReSource, a regional journalism collaborative reporting on economic and social change in Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia. The ReSource includes seven public media outlets across the three states, and aims to strengthen news coverage of the area’s most important issues. Je...

Now, Appalachia Interview with author Carter Taylor Seaton

October 06, 2020 14:22 - 37 minutes - 14.6 MB

On this episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews author Carter Taylor Seaton about her latest novel THE OTHER MORGANS. West Virginia native Carter Taylor Seaton is a Marshall University graduate, a former marathoner and scuba diver, and the award-winning author of two novels, Father's Troubles, and amo, amas, amat . . . an unconventional love story, as well as non-fiction: Hippie Homesteaders: Arts, Music, and Living on the Land in West Virginia, and a biography of the late congressman K...

Now, Appalachia Interview with author Randal O'Wain

September 29, 2020 18:29 - 36 minutes - 14 MB

On this episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot welcomes back Randal O'Wain to the show to talk about his latest work, a collection of short stories titled HALLELUJAH STATION AND OTHER STORIES. Randal is the author of Meander Belt: Family, Loss, and Coming of Age in the Working Class South. He is assistant teaching professor of creative writing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and serves as a National Endowment of the Arts Writing fellow at the Alderson Federal Correctional Insti...

Now, Appalachia interview with author Jamie Poissant

September 15, 2020 15:32 - 36 minutes - 14 MB

On this episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews author Jamie Poissant. is the author of The Heaven of Animals: Stories, in print in five languages, winner of the GLCA New Writers Award and a Florida Book Award, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and longlisted for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, One Story, Ploughshares, and others. He teaches in the MFA program at the University of ...

Now, Appalachia Interview with author David Joy

August 11, 2020 20:14 - 34 minutes - 13.5 MB

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews author David Joy about his latest novel WHEN THESE MOUNTAINS BURN. David is the author of The Line That Held Us (winner of the 2018 SIBA Book Prize), The Weight of This World, and Where All Light Tends to Go (Edgar finalist for Best First Novel). His stories and creative nonfiction have appeared in a number of publications, and he is the author of the memoir Growing Gills: A Fly Fisherman's Journey and a co-editor for Gather at the R...

Now, Appalachia Interview with author Edward A. Farmer

August 04, 2020 15:10 - 27 minutes - 10.8 MB

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews author Edward Farmer about his new novel PALE. Edward A. Farmer is a native of Memphis, Tennessee, where he journaled and cultivated stories his entire childhood. He is a graduate of Amherst College with a degree in English and psychology, and recipient of the MacArthur-Leithauser Travel Award for creative writing. He currently lives and writes in Pasadena, California. Pale is his first novel. --- Support this podcast: https://pod...

Now, Appalachia Interview with author Karen Salyer McElmurray

July 28, 2020 18:41 - 29 minutes - 11.5 MB

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews writer Karen Salyer McElmurray about her latest novel WANTING RADIANCE. Karen Salyer McElmurray won an AWP Award for creative nonfiction for her book Surrendered Child: A Birth Mother's Journey and the Orison Award for creative nonfiction for her essay "Blue Glass." She has had other essays recognized as "Notable Essays" in Best American Essays, while her essays "Speaking Freely" and "Attics" were nominated for Pushcart Awards. She c...

Now, Appalachia Interview with North Carolina author Meagan Lucas

July 14, 2020 20:20 - 34 minutes - 13.4 MB

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews North Carolina author Meagan Lucas. Meagan Lucas is the author of the Southern Literary Fiction novel SONGBIRDS AND STRAY DOGS. Her short work has appeared in: The Santa Fe Writer's Project, The New Southern Fugitives, Still: The Journal, and The Blue Mountain Review among others. She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and she won the 2017 Scythe Prize for Fiction. Meagan teaches English Composition at Asheville-Buncombe Techni...

Now, Appalachia Interview with author Katherine St. John

July 07, 2020 19:48 - 31 minutes - 12.1 MB

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews author Katherine St. John about her novel THE LION'S DEN. Katherine is a native of Mississippi and graduate of the University of Southern California. Over the years she has worked as an actress, screenwriter, director, photographer, producer, singer-songwriter, legal assistant, bartender-waitress, yoga instructor, real estate agent, and travel coordinator . . . but finds she likes writing novels best. Katherine currently lives in Los...

Now, Appalachia Interview with author Meghan Holloway

June 30, 2020 19:25 - 32 minutes - 12.8 MB

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews thriller writer Meghan Holloway about her latest novel HUNTING GROUND. Meghan lives in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains with her standard poodle and spends her days as a scientist with the requisite glasses, but minus the lab coat. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eliot-parker/support

Now, Appalachia Interview with Ohio poet Darren Demaree

June 09, 2020 16:25 - 32 minutes - 12.5 MB

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews Ohio poet Darren Demaree. Darren C. Demaree is a graduate of the College of Wooster, Miami University (MA), and Kent State University (MLIS). He is the recipient of a 2018 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award, the Louise Bogan Award from Trio House Press, and the Nancy Dew Taylor Award from Emrys Journal. He is the Managing Editor of the Best of the Net Anthology and Ovenbird Poetry. He is currently living in Columbus, Ohio ...

Now, Appalachia Interview with fiction novelist Jordan Farmer

June 02, 2020 19:23 - 34 minutes - 13.5 MB

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot welcomes back fiction novelist Jordan Farmer to talk about his new book THE POISON FLOOD. Jordan was born and raised in a small town in West Virginia, population approximately 2,000. He earned his M.A. from Marshall University and his Ph.D. at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eliot-parker/support

Now, Appalachia Interview with historian Lindsay Chervinsky

May 12, 2020 19:12 - 36 minutes - 14.1 MB

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot speaks with the White House Historian for the White House Historical Association Lindsay Chervinsky about her new book THE CABINET: GEORGE WASHINGTON AND THE CREATION OF AN AMERICAN INSTITUTION. Lindsay writes about politics, the military, and culture from the 1770s to the 1820s. Lindsay completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University, my Ph.D. at the University of California, Davis, a...

Now, Appalachia Interview with novelist Taylor Brown

May 05, 2020 16:05 - 35 minutes - 13.7 MB

On this episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews novelist Taylor Brown about his latest book Pride of Eden. Taylor Brown was born on the Georgia coast. He is the author of a short story collection, IN THE SEASON OF BLOOD AND GOLD, as well as four novels: FALLEN LAND, THE RIVER OF KINGS, GODS OF HOWL MOUNTAIN, and PRIDE OF EDEN (St. Martin's Press). He is the recipient of a Montana Prize in Fiction, and a finalist for the Press 53 Open Awards, Machigonne Fiction Contest, and Doris Betts F...

Now, Appalachia Interview with author and CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Conor Knighton

April 28, 2020 17:21 - 33 minutes - 13 MB

On this episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot speaks to Conor Knighton about his new book "Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park." A native of Charleston, West Virginia, Conor Knighton is an Emmy-winning correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning, America's #1 Sunday morning news program. He has also hosted shows on Current TV, AMC, and Bio Channel. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eliot-parker/support

"Now, Appalachia" interview with Kentucky author Wesley Browne

April 07, 2020 20:54 - 33 minutes - 12.9 MB

On this episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews Kentucky author Wesley Browne about his new novel Hillbilly Hustle. Wesley is the founder and host of Pages & Pints Reading Series at Apollo Pizza in Richmond, Kentucky. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eliot-parker/support

Now, Appalachia Interview with Mississippi author Lee Durkee

March 10, 2020 16:59 - 30 minutes - 11.9 MB

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews Mississippi author Lee Durkee about his latest novel The Last Taxi Driver. Lee Durkee is the author of the novel Rides of the Midway. His stories and essays have appeared in Harper’s Magazine, the Sun, Best of the Oxford American, Zoetrope: All-Story, Tin House, New England Review, and Mississippi Noir. In 2021, his memoir Stalking Shakespeare will chronicle his decade-long obsession with trying to find lost portraits of William Sha...

Now, Appalachia Interview with Author Amanda Eyre Ward

March 03, 2020 23:16 - 33 minutes - 12.9 MB

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews author Amanda Eyre Ward about her latest novel "The Jetsetters." Amanda Eyre Ward is the author of Sleep Toward Heaven, How to Be Lost, Love Stories in This Town, Forgive Me, Close Your Eyes, The Same Sky, The Nearness of You, and The Jetsetters. Her bestselling novels have been featured in People Magazine, The New York Times, and more. Amanda's work has been optioned for film and television and translated into fifteen languages. She...

Now, Appalachia Interview with Kentucky author Carter Sickels

February 27, 2020 21:58 - 30 minutes - 11.8 MB

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot talks to Kentucky author Carter Sickels about his latest novel "The Prettiest Star." Carter is the recipient of the 2013 Lambda Literary Emerging Writer Award, and has been awarded scholarships to Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, VCCA, and the MacDowell Colony. His essays and fiction have appeared in various publications, including Guernica, Bellevue Literary Review, and BuzzFeed, and he is the editor of Untangli...

"Now, Appalachia" Interview with mystery author Jess Montgomery

February 05, 2020 02:43 - 32 minutes - 12.6 MB

On the latest episode of "Now, Appalachia," Eliot talks to mystery author Jess Montgomery about her latest novel "The Hallows," a sequel to her first novel "The Widows." Jess is is the Literary Life columnist for the Dayton Daily News and former Executive Director of the renowned Antioch Writers’ Workshop in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Based on early chapters of The Hollows, Jess was awarded an Ohio Arts Council individual artist’s grant for literary arts and the John E. Nance Writer-in-Residence ...

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