A Literary Family Reunion
The annual Appalachian Writers’ Workshop in Hindman brings writers together for a week of teaching, learning and communing
View ArticleHonoring an Icon
Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy will loom large over a 2024 Kentucky Book Festival that also will feature fantasy, bourbon, spirituality and much more
View ArticleKentucky’s Biggest Back Lot
An all-female group attracts Hollywood filmmakers to the Bluegrass State with personalized services and Southern hospitality
View ArticleDavid Dick: 2025 Kentucky Writer's Hall of Fame
David Dick spent nearly two decades as a globetrotting CBS correspondent during the golden age of television news. Then he moved home to Bourbon County and launched several new careers.
View ArticleRon Eller: 2025 Kentucky Writer's Hall of Fame Inductee
Ron Eller’s German and English ancestors were in Appalachia by the mid-1700s, and his Cherokee ancestors were there for millennia before that. As the first member of his family to go to college when he...
View ArticleNaomi Wallace: 2025 Kentucky Writer's Hall of Fame Inductee
Naomi Wallace, the daughter and granddaughter of Louisville journalists, knew early that writing was the best way for her to express herself and her values. But she thought it would be through poetry.
View ArticleFrank X Walker: 2025 Kentucky Writer's Hall of Fame Inductee
Frank X Walker was approaching middle age when he finally acknowledged his calling as a writer.
View ArticleCrystal Wilkinson: 2025 Kentucky Writer's Hall of Fame Inductee
When Crystal Wilkinson was growing up on her grandparents’ farm in Casey County, there were no playmates nearby. So, she would walk to Indian Creek, talk to the minnows, and imagine what they might be...
View Article2025 Kentucky Writer's Hall of Fame
Naomi Wallace, who was born and raised in Louisville, is only the second American playwright to have a work added to the permanent repertoire of Comédie-Française, the 300-year-old French National...
View ArticleTradition & Evolution
Renfro Valley changes with the times but maintains its family-friendly, small-town vibe
View ArticleAppalachian Celebration
The Whitesburg music festival Seedtime on the Cumberland features a mix of regional cultures
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