The Talking Appalachian Podcast
Talking Appalachian is a podcast about the Appalachian Mountain region's language or "voiceplaces," cultures, and communities. The podcast is hosted by Dr. Amy Clark, a Professor of Communication Studies and Director of the Center for Appalachian Studies at the University of Virginia's College at Wise. The podcast is based on her 2013 co-edited book Talking Appalachian: Voice, Identity, and Community. Her writing on Appalachia has appeared in the New York Times, Oxford American Magazine, Salon.com, on NPR, and Harvard University Press blog. She is also founder and director of the Appalachian Writing Project, which serves teachers, students, and the communities of the central Appalachian region.
The Talking Appalachian Podcast
Latest Episodes
Appalachian Voices in WWII Letters and Recipe Books, A Voiceplace Story, and the phrase "Up And"
In this episode, we're looking for voice in some WWII-era letters and recipe books from my great-grandparents' era (I found a recipe called "Masculine Potato Salad"!) You'll also hear a voiceplace story from a western NC listener, who has decid...
A Conversation with Bestselling Writers Beth Macy and Silas House
Beth Macy is the bestselling author of Dopesick, Factory Man, and Paper Girl. Dopesick, her investigation of the opioid crisis, was short-listed for the Carnegie Medal, won the L.A. Times Book Prize for Science and Te...
What We Believe About Appalachian Dialects and Why It Matters, According to Linguist Dr. Jennifer Cramer
Dr. Jennifer Cramer, Director of the Appalachian Studies Center at the University of Kentucky, joins me for a conversation about how she became a linguist (shifting from math to French and linguistics), her graduate training at Purdue and the U...
Crystal Wilkinson on writing to the bone, and spoken dialect as a "revolutionary act"
We're revisiting Season One and an episode with the legendary Crystal Wilkinson, author of Praise Song for the Kitchen Ghosts (which was published after this episode aired) and other works. Crystal discusses her journey from trying to ...
Barbara Kingsolver on Being in a Rock Band with Stephen King
In this bonus episode (also available on Patreon) Pulitzer-winning author Barbara Kingsolver (author of Demon Copperhead and so many other wonderful works) reminisces on her rock band days with Stephen King, Amy Tan, and others.
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