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Podcast: The Talking Appalachian Podcast
Episode: A Conversation with Pulitzer Winning Author of Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver (Part 1)
Description: What did you think of this episode?In this first of two episodes with the author of Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver says she is "bringing Demon home" in her last talk about the novel. She discusses her love of her Appalachian language, how the novel began at the desk of Charles Dickens, and her research into foster care, football, and addiction. (Recorded in Wise County, Virginia at UVa's College at Wise in April, 2024.)This episode features music by Nashville artist and Kentucky native Tiffany Williams. "All Those Days of Drinking Dust," written and performed by...