The Prize for Emerging Writers

“This is the place; this is the right place for me, it’s home.”

Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver’s Pulitzer Prize-winning return to Appalachia, is the story of a young boy growing into adulthood amid the struggle and beauty of this oft-overlooked corner of America. Kingsolver joins us to talk about the truth of Appalachian culture, how journalism made her the novelist she is today, the politics of art and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over. 

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Executive Producer Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.          

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Featured Books (Episode):

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver

Dopesick by Beth Macy

Raising Lazarus by Beth Macy

Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe

Dreamland by Sam Quinones

Cannery Row by John Steinbeck 

The Leavers by Lisa Ko

Moonrise Over New Jessup by Jamila Minnicks