PLUMB – a journal of Appalachian concerns

Willie Davis’s debut novel Nightwolf, published in July from 7.13 Books, moves fluidly through the streets of Lexington, Kentucky and explores the ties of family and place and friends, loss, memory, and longing, as well as anything written this past year. That’s a lot for a first-time novelist to take on, but Davis seems to … Continue reading LAUGH OR CRY: THE COMPLEXITIES OF WILLIE DAVIS’S NIGHTWOLF by Sheldon Lee Compton

Tater parked his truck on the side of the single-lane gravel road. He grabbed his guitar case, got out, and walked across the old covered bridge which had been declared unsafe and condemned years ago. Humans and wildlife could pass at their own risk, but forbidden that cars and trucks drive on the rickety heap. … Continue reading BLUESMAN OF THE WOODS by Jeremy Perry

by Sheldon Lee Compton   Chris Offutt has been busy the last few years. A new memoir and a new novel are enough evidence of that. But he’s also busy with other projects, projects where he can use his hands to create things. This is the kind of thing Chris does because he is Chris. … Continue reading ‘Writing is a way of going home’ – An interview with Kentucky’s native son Chris Offutt