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Kentucky author Silas House plays his favorite music, reads poems and excerpts, and interviews the people who are making a difference in Appalachia.

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    • Jul 11, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 25m AVG DURATION
    • 33 EPISODES


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    Dori Freeman (July 2022)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2022 24:53


    Silas House speaks with Dori Freeman about her music the new album Ten Thousand Roses.

    Lee Cole (May 2022)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2022 22:03


    Silas House speaks with Lee Cole, author of Groundskeeping.

    Wiley Cash (April 2022)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2022 28:31


    Silas House speaks with Wiley Cash, author of When Ghosts Come Home.

    Allison Moorer (January 2022)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2022 29:44


    Silas House speaks with Allison Moorer, musician and author of I Dream He Talks To Me: A Memoir Of Learning How To Listen.

    Jayne Moore Waldrop (November 2021)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2021 26:11


    Silas speaks with Jayne Moore Waldrop, author of Drowned Town .

    Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle (October 2021)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2021 23:42


    Silas speaks with Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle, author of Even As We Breathe .

    Leah Hampton (August 2021)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2021 22:36


    Silas speaks with Leah Hampton, author of F*CKFace And Other Stories .

    Robert Gipe (July 2021)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2021 21:41


    Silas speaks with Robert Gipe, author of Pop: An Illustrated Novel .

    Wesley Browne (February 2021)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2021 24:18


    Silas speaks with Wesley Browne, author of Hillbilly Hustle .

    Gwenda Bond (November 2020)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2020 27:51


    Silas speaks with Gwenda Bond, author of Suspicious Minds .

    Karen Salyer McElmurray (August 2020)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2020 26:01


    Silas speaks with Karen Salyer McElmurray, author of Wanting Radiance .

    Carter Sickels (June 2020)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2020 22:41


    Silas speaks with Carter Sickels, author of The Prettiest Star .

    George Ella Lyon (May 2020)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2020 23:35


    Silas speaks with former Poet Laureate George Ella Lyon about her work and how she is faring through this current pandemic.

    Allison Moorer (February 2020)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2020 35:16


    Silas speaks with Grammy nominated musician and author Allison Moorer about Blood , her new album and memoir.

    Michael Croley (December 2019)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2019 19:38


    Silas speaks with Michael Croley, author of Any Other Place: Stories

    Margaret Renkl (October 2019)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2019 32:07


    Silas speaks with Margaret Renkl, author of Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss

    River Jordan (September 2019)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2019 21:32


    Silas House speaks with River Jordan, author of the book Confessions of a Christian Mystic .

    Toni Morrison (2/18/1931 - 8/5/2019) Tribute

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2019 23:13


    In this epsiode of On The Porch , we pay tribute to Toni Morrison , one of the most important writers in American history. Silas House talks about the impact of Toni Morrison and you will hear reflections of her work from Shauna Morgan, Kathleen Driskell, Crystal Wilkinson, Ada Limón, & Bianca Spriggs .

    Savannah Sipple (July 2019)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2019 25:09


    Silas House speaks with Savannah Sipple, author of the book WWJD And Other Poems .

    Mary Laura Philpott (May 2019)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2019 25:39


    Silas House speaks with Mary Laura Philpott, author of the new essay collection I Miss You When I Blink.

    Jeff Zentner (March 2019)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2019 34:23


    Silas chats with author Jeff Zentner on this installment of On the Porch.

    Zoe Speaks (February 2019)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2019 32:37


    Silas chats with Lexington Americana group Zoe Speaks.

    The Pain Of Loving You: A Day With Wendell Berry (December 2018)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2018 21:36


    Host Silas House reads his forthcoming essay “The Pain of Loving You: A Day with Wendell Berry”.

    Ada Limón (July 2018)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2018 34:57


    Silas talks with 2015 Finalist for the National Book Award, poet Ada Limón, about her much-anticipated new collection The Carrying . They'll talk about the creative process, dogs, and living in Lexington.

    Wiley Cash (June 2018)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2018 25:03


    Wiley Cash in the New York Times best selling author of A Land More Kind Than Home , This Dark Road to Mercy , and his latest, The Last Ballad . Cash is a North Carolina native and current writer-in-residence at the University of North Carolina-Asheville. He, his wife and two daughters live in Wilmington North Carolina. The Last Ballad has just been issued in paperback.

    Joseph Crespino (May 2018)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2018 33:30


    Silas House speaks with Joseph Crespino, author of Atticus Finch: The Biography. This new book is an examination of one of the most beloved figures in literature, the father in Harper Lee’s novels To Kill A Mockingbird and Go Set A Watchman.

    Kevin Neal Gardner (April 2018)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2018 17:51


    josh.james@uky.edu (Josh James)

    Erik Reece (August 2016)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2018 22:28


    josh.james@uky.edu (Josh James)

    Lora Smith (June 2016)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2018 21:51


    josh.james@uky.edu (Josh James)

    Erik Reece (October 2013)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2018 9:56


    josh.james@uky.edu (Josh James)

    Aimee Zaring (January 2018)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2018 22:46


    Author Aimee Zaring discusses her recent book Flavors From Home which was recently reissued in paperback by University Press of Kentucky.

    Savannah Sipple and Jay McCoy (January 2018)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2018 22:38


    Savannah Sipple and Jay McCoy are co-owners of Brier Books at 319 South Ashland Avenue in Lexington, KY.

    Holly Gleason (October 2017)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2017 22:25


    JOSH.JAMES@uky.edu (Josh James)

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