"Now, Appalachia"
123 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★ - 7 ratingsWelcome to Now Appalachia Radio with host and thriller author Eliot Parker. The show will profile Appalachian writers and creative people.
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Now, Appalachia Interview with Author Matt Browning
January 22, 2020 14:59 - 25 minutes - 9.87 MBOn the latest episode of "Now, Appalachia," Eliot interviews author Matt Browning. Matt Browning is the author of "Bookstore Explorer: West Virginia," a celebration of the Mountain State's independent bookstores. He discusses the role that independent bookstores have within the cultural fabric of Appalachia and how independent bookstores throughout the country are often the center of the community. He is represented by Stephen Fraser at the Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency. --- Support ...
"Now, Appalachia" Interview with thriller writer John Vercher
December 17, 2019 14:36 - 23 minutes - 9.05 MBOn the latest episode of "Now, Appalachia," Eliot interviews thriller author John Vercher. John Vercher is a writer currently living in the Philadelphia area with his wife and two sons. He holds a Bachelor’s in English from the University of Pittsburgh and an MFA in Creative Writing from the Mountainview Master of Fine Arts program. His fiction has appeared on Akashic Books’ Mondays are Murder and Fri-SciFi. and he is a contributing writer for Cognoscenti, the thoughts and opinions page of W...
Now, Appalachia Interview with South Carolina Short Story author Dustin M. Hoffman
December 10, 2019 21:20 - 30 minutes - 11.9 MBOn the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews South Carolina short story author Dustin M. Hoffman. Dustin painted houses in Michigan for ten years and is now an assistant professor of English at Winthrop University in South Carolina. His short fiction has appeared in many magazines, including Threepenny Review, Black Warrior Review, Puerto del Sol, Midwestern Gothic, and Cimarron Review, and his story “Building Walls” received a Pushcart Prize special mention. --- Support thi...
Now, Appalachia Interview with Author Jordan Farmer
November 12, 2019 22:18 - 32 minutes - 12.5 MBOn this episode of "Now, Appalachia," Eliot interviews author Jordan Farmer. Originally from West Virginia, Jordan received a Ph.D. in English from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His stories have appeared in the Southwest Review, Southern Humanities Review, The Baltimore Review, Pembroke Magazine, Day One Magazine and many other publications. The Pallbearer, his first novel, is discussed extensively in this interview. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/...
"Now, Appalachia" Interview with poet January Gill O'Neil
November 05, 2019 14:35 - 29 minutes - 11.5 MBOn the latest episode of "Now, Appalachia," Eliot interviews poet January Gill O'Neil. January is the author of the new poetry collection Rewilding, as well as other collections titled Misery Islands and Underlife, published by CavanKerry Press. She is a board of trustees member with the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) A Cave Canem fellow, January's poems and articles have appeared in the Academy of American Poets' Poem-A-Day series, Garrison Keillor's The Writer's Almanac,...
"Now, Appalachia" Interview with Tennessee author Kimberly Collins
October 15, 2019 18:56 - 34 minutes - 13.4 MBOn the latest episode of "Now, Appalachia," Eliot interviews Tennessee author Kimberly Collins. She grew up in Matewan, West Virginia and currently lives in Knoxville, Tennessee. She discusses her latest novel, titled "Blood Creek: Mingo Chronicles: Book One." She is working on the second book in the Mingo Chronicles series titled "Mingo Chronicles: The Massacre." --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eliot-parker/support
"Now, Appalachia" Interview with Essayist Randal O'Wain
October 08, 2019 15:12 - 37 minutes - 14.4 MBOn the latest episode of "Now, Appalachia," Eliot speaks with essayist Randal O'Wain. Randal O'Wain earned his MFA from the University of Iowa’s Nonfiction Writing Program. He is an 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 Beckley Federal Correctional Institution. O’Wain is the author of the essay collection Meander Belt and his work has been published in Oxford Ame...
"Now, Appalachia" Interview with North Carolina Author Elaine Neal Orr
September 24, 2019 14:44 - 31 minutes - 12.2 MBOn this episode of "Now, Appalachia," Eliot interviews North Carolina author Elaine Neal Orr. Elaine Neil Orr is a writer of fiction, memoir, and literary criticism. With stories set in Nigeria and the American South, she delves into themes of home, country, and spiritual longing. Orr was born in Nigeria to medical missionary parents and spent her growing-up years in the savannahs and rain forests of that country. She is an award-winning Professor of English at North Carolina State Universit...
"Now, Appalachia" Interview with Author Kasey S. Pipes
September 17, 2019 14:52 - 33 minutes - 13.1 MBOn this episode of "Now, Appalachia," Eliot speaks with author Kasey S. Pipes about his latest book "After the Fall: The Remarkable Comeback of Richard Nixon." Kasey is the Norris Fellow at the Eisenhower Institute at Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He also served as an advisor to President George W. Bush and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eliot-parker/support
Now, Appalachia Interview with former marketing manager of InkWater Press and president of Independent Book Review Joe Walters
August 20, 2019 15:00 - 30 minutes - 12 MBJoe Walters is the former marketing director at Inkwater Press and is the founder and president of Independent Book Review since April 2018. During his time as the marketing and publicity director at Inkwater Press, he discovered how difficult it was for small press and self-published books to get the attention they deserved. In this interview, Joe discusses why its difficult for some books to get attention and how Independent Book Review can help authors overcome that obstacle. --- Supp...
"Now, Appalachia" Interview with Author John Billheimer
July 16, 2019 19:56 - 33 minutes - 13.1 MBOn this episode of "Now, Appalachia," Eliot speaks with author John Billheimer. Billheimer, a native West Virginian, lives in Portola Valley, California. THE CONTRARY BLUES was the first book in the “funny, sometimes touching,” mystery series set in Appalachia and featuring failure analyst Owen Allison.A second mystery series featuring Lloyd Keaton, a Midwest sports writer with a gambling problem, debuted in 2012 with FIELD OF SCHEMES, a mystery involving baseball and steroids. The author’s...
"Now, Appalachia" interview with Essayist Brooke Larson
July 09, 2019 13:38 - 27 minutes - 10.9 MBOn this episode of "Now, Appalachia," Eliot speaks with essayist Brooke Larson about her new collection of essays "Pleasing Tree." They also discuss the genre of essays and what makes them unique for writers and readers. Born and raised in Indiana, Pennsylvania, Brooke holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University, and is currently a PhD student in Poetry at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Often she runs away to teach primitive survival skills as a wilderness guide in ...
"Now, Appalachia" Interview with Thriller Author David Bell
June 25, 2019 13:45 - 33 minutes - 13.1 MBDavid Bell is the USA Today-bestselling author of eight novels from Berkley/Penguin, He is an associate professor of English at Western Kentucky University where he directs the MFA program in creative writing. and is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio. He discuss with Eliot his latest thriller novel "Layover" and how and MFA program can benefit writers. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eliot-parker/support
"Now, Appalachia" Interview with creative nonfiction author Christina Fisanick
June 18, 2019 22:28 - 30 minutes - 11.8 MBOn this episode of "Now, Appalachia," Eliot talks with creative nonfiction author Christina Fisanick about her book "The Optimistic Food Addict," which discusses her personal struggle with food and weight and the complicated relationship food has with Appalachian people and their culture. They also discuss the first Northern Appalachian Writers Conference, scheduled for early September 2019. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eliot-parker/support
"Now, Appalachia" interview with author Karen Swallow Prior
June 05, 2019 23:40 - 33 minutes - 13.1 MBAuthors on the Air Global Radio Network host and thriller author interviews Karen Swallow Prior, an award-winning Professor of English at Liberty University. She earned her Ph.D. in English at SUNY Buffalo. Her writing has appeared at The Atlantic, Christianity Today, Washington Post, Vox, First Things, Sojourners, Relevant, Think Christian, and other places. She is a Senior Fellow at the Trinity Forum, a Research Fellow with the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptis...
"Now, Appalachia" Interview with author Del
June 05, 2019 23:37 - 33 minutes - 13 MBAuthors on the Air Global Radio Network host and thriller writer Eliot Parker interviews Del Duduit. Del Duduit is an award-winning sportswriter and author. He has been published in Clubhouse Magazine, Sports Spectrum, and on ToddStarnes.com. He is a contributing writer for Athletes in Action, The Christian View, Bridges Magazine, and PM Magazine. He is the co-editor for Southern Ohio Christian Voice and blogs weekly at delduduit.com. He lives in Lucasville, Ohio, with his wife Angie. --- ...
"Now, Appalachia" interview with poet Rita Quillen
June 05, 2019 23:35 - 37 minutes - 14.5 MBAuthors on the Air Global Radio Network Host and thriller author Eliot Parker interviews poet Rita Quillen. Rita Quillen’s novel Hiding Ezra was published in 2014 from Little Creek Books; it was a finalist in the 2005 DANA Awards competition, and a chapter of the novel is included in the new scholarly study of Appalachian dialect just published by the University of Kentucky Press entitled Talking Appalachian. Her poetry chapbook, Something Solid To Anchor To, was published by Finishing Line ...
"Now, Appalachia" with author, editor, and publisher Cat Pleska
June 05, 2019 23:31 - 22 minutes - 8.72 MBAuthors on the Air Global Radio Network host and thriller writer Eliot Parker interviews Cat Pleska. Cat is an author, editor, educator, publisher, and storyteller. She often leads writing workshops in the community and is an essayist for West Virginia Public Radio, and a book reviewer for West Virginia University Press. She edited the anthology Fed from the Blade: Tales and Poems from the Mountains (Woodland Press 2012), and her first book, Riding on Comets: a Memoir was published by West V...
"Now, Appalachia" interview with author Sheryl Monks
June 05, 2019 23:28 - 33 minutes - 13.1 MBAuthors on the Air Global Radio Network host Eliot Parker welcomes author Sheryl Monks. Sheryl Monks is the author of Monsters in Appalachia, published by Vandalia Press, the creative imprint of West Virginia University Press. She holds an MFA in fiction from Queens University of Charlotte. Her stories have appeared in Rkvry Quarterly, Electric Literature, The Butter, The Greensboro Review, storySouth, Regarding Arts and Letters, Night Train, and other journals, and in the anthologies Surrea...
"Now, Appalachia" interview with editoral director of Writer's Digest magazine Jessica Strawser
June 05, 2019 23:24 - 33 minutes - 13.1 MBAuthors on the Air Global Radio Network host and thriller author Eliot Parker interviews Jessica Strawser. Jessica is the editorial director of Writer’s Digest magazine and the author of Almost Missed You and Not That I Could Tell. She has written for The New York Times Modern Love, Publishers Weekly and other fine venues, and lives with her husband and two children in Cincinnati. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eliot-parker/support
"Now, Appalachia" interview with author and UNC-Chapel Hill Professor Mesha Maren
June 05, 2019 23:22 - 33 minutes - 13.1 MBAuthors on the Air Global Radio Network host and thriller author Eliot Parker interviews Mesha Maren. Mesha Maren's debut novel, Sugar Run, is forthcoming from Algonquin Books in January 2019. Her short stories and essays have appeared in Tin House, Oxford American, Crazyhorse, Southern Cultures, Hobart, Forty Stories: New Writing from Harper Perennial, and elsewhere. She is the recipient of the 2015 Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize, a 2014 Elizabeth George Foundation grant, an Appalachian Writing...
"Now, Appalachia" Interview with West Virginia author Heather Gilbert
June 05, 2019 23:20 - 34 minutes - 13.3 MBAuthors on the Air Global Radio Network host and thriller author Eliot Parker interviews West Virginia author Heather Gilbert. She is an ECPA Christy award finalist and Grace award winner, writes contemporary mysteries and Viking historicals. Her novels feature small towns, family relationships, and women who aren't afraid to protect those they love. Publisher's Weekly gave Heather's Viking historical Forest Child a starred review, saying it is "an engaging story depicting timeless human str...
Now, Appalachia Interview with author Nick White
June 05, 2019 23:16 - 29 minutes - 11.6 MBAuthors on the Air Global Radio Network host and thriller author Eliot Parker interviews author Nick White. Nick White is the author of the novel How to Survive a Summer and the short story collection Sweet and Low. His fiction and essays have appeared in The Kenyon Review, Guernica, The Literary Review, LitHub, and elsewhere. He teaches creative writing at The Ohio State University. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eliot-parker/support