Kentucky author Silas House plays his favorite music, reads poems and excerpts, and interviews the people who are making a difference in Appalachia.
Silas House speaks with Dori Freeman about her music the new album Ten Thousand Roses.
Silas House speaks with Lee Cole, author of Groundskeeping.
Silas House speaks with Wiley Cash, author of When Ghosts Come Home.
Silas House speaks with Allison Moorer, musician and author of I Dream He Talks To Me: A Memoir Of Learning How To Listen.
Silas speaks with Jayne Moore Waldrop, author of Drowned Town .
Silas speaks with Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle, author of Even As We Breathe .
Silas speaks with Leah Hampton, author of F*CKFace And Other Stories .
Silas speaks with Robert Gipe, author of Pop: An Illustrated Novel .
Silas speaks with Wesley Browne, author of Hillbilly Hustle .
Silas speaks with Gwenda Bond, author of Suspicious Minds .
Silas speaks with Karen Salyer McElmurray, author of Wanting Radiance .
Silas speaks with Carter Sickels, author of The Prettiest Star .
Silas speaks with former Poet Laureate George Ella Lyon about her work and how she is faring through this current pandemic.
Silas speaks with Grammy nominated musician and author Allison Moorer about Blood , her new album and memoir.
Silas speaks with Michael Croley, author of Any Other Place: Stories
Silas speaks with Margaret Renkl, author of Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss
Silas House speaks with River Jordan, author of the book Confessions of a Christian Mystic .
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 .
Silas House speaks with Savannah Sipple, author of the book WWJD And Other Poems .
Silas House speaks with Mary Laura Philpott, author of the new essay collection I Miss You When I Blink.
Silas chats with author Jeff Zentner on this installment of On the Porch.
Silas chats with Lexington Americana group Zoe Speaks.
Host Silas House reads his forthcoming essay “The Pain of Loving You: A Day with Wendell Berry”.
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 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.
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.
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 are co-owners of Brier Books at 319 South Ashland Avenue in Lexington, KY.