Recs if you like Appalachian Elegy: Poetry and Place (Kentucky Voices)...

Nonfiction books exploring the natural world and our “place in the family of things” (Mary Oliver, Wild Geese) through radical BIPOC, queer, feminist, anti-capitalist, disability ecological perspectives. 🪲🌾🦉🌵

Nonfiction books exploring the natural world and our “place in the family of things” (Mary Oliver, Wild Geese). 🐦‍⬛🦋🌱🪸🦊🪷🪼🍄

Country roads, take me home. Appalachia is such an interesting region of the US, and also the setting of many incredible books! Whether it be historical fiction, biographies, folklore, or just every day stories from the Great Smoky Mountains, every recommendation is welcome

Poetry written by Black and/or African writers! Emphasis on intersectionality.

For all of the mythos around it, few people truly understand the Appalachian region or why it is the way it is. This list is by no means comprehensive, but hopefully it's a start.

a sampling of some of today’s most quintessential poetic voices

This is the list from which I'll be choosing for my Personal Syllabus this year. It explores the question: "How has the history and culture of Appalachia impacted Appalachian literature and storytelling?"

I would love recommendations! Nonfiction about Appalachia and fiction produced by Appalachia.

Books of all genres set in and focused on the Appalachian Mountains!

List named in honor of the women who rode on horseback to bring books to remote mountain regions during the Great Depression, this list now brings books out of the mountains to all of us.

celebrating our Black brothers & sisters all year round

Poems for life, mental health, nature, ect.