“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
