So excited to be launching the new journal Appalachian Lit. Deeply grateful for all the hard work of the editorial team and the words and images of our contributors. Check it out! appalachialit.com/issue1/13/

There it is: a gallon of gas costs more than the federal minimum wage

Our nominees for the 2023 Best Microfiction are in. We’re proud to have published work by @fannnster Emma Brankin francinewitte Damian Dressick Candace Hartsuyker & Jessica Klimesh!

Many staff still left there are immigrants who can’t just quit, because Twitter sponsors their visa. A factory owner who controls his workers’ papers and demands they work all day AND sleep at the plant is usually called a sweatshop boss and human trafficker.

Write an Appalachian folktale in just 7 words.

I’ll be reading with these other fine folks this Sunday at City of Asylum’s Alphabet City started at 3:30 pm. Stop by! cityofasylum.org/program/free-a…

Hey folks! A non-partisan grassroots group of K-12, museum, & university educators are providing book lapel pins to members of Congress to wear at Tuesday's #StateOfTheUnion address to signal their support for education, literacy, & libraries. Watch for it! #BooksBuildBridges

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Crazy person as I am, I made bibliography pages for the works I've read as research for my book. And I'm still reading over here, so I'll update from time to time.

Pleased to have my first short story in a decade BULL today. Thanks to Benjamin Drevlow and his excellent crew. mrbullbull.com/newbull/fictio…

Big thanks to BULL magazine for publishing my flash piece "Gunplay!" Check it out at: mrbullbull.com/newbull/essay/…

Had a great time at Western Carolina University for this year’s Appalachian Studies Conference.

Join Jayne Anne Phillips as she talks about creating fiction set in West Virginia history April 10-12, 2024.

This is INSANE: Seven Chinese solar companies most people haven’t heard of are ALREADY providing more energy for the global economy than Exxon, Chevron, Shell, BP and the other Seven Sisters who once dominated oil production: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… via Bloomberg Opinion

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“We are here! We are here!” From The New York Times to Netflix and everywhere in between, people and pundits are talking about #Appalachia. Christina Fisanick Christina Fisanick + Damian Dressick Damian Dressick on the recent resurgence in Appalachian literature. beltmag.com/a-northern-app…