literature

How-To Festival Preview: A Life By The Books

Keith Runyon — Fri, 10 May 2013 11:00:00 +0000

For more than 40 years, I’ve been reading books professionally, as a frequent critic and later as book editor of the state’s largest newspaper. In those roles, I have had a ringside seat to observe some of the best books to be published in the last half of the 20th century—as well as a lot of the less-than-great books during that period. When you comb through thousands of books every year, you have a challenge. What, if any, of these shall I read? How will I find the time?

New Fiction Show Launching on WFPL

Erin Keane — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:13:09 +0000

We're launching a new show this summer: Unbound is a literary journal for the ears, where we hope you'll discover your next favorite author. In each half-hour episode, two authors will each read a short story on a theme. Our authors are memorable voices writing excellent, engaging, thrilling and heartbreaking stories and novels -- exciting writers creating a buzz on the literary scene.

Frank X Walker Named Kentucky Poet Laureate

Erin Keane — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:35:27 +0000

Gov. Steve Beshear appointed poet Frank X Walker the 2013-14 Kentucky Poet Laureate today.

Barbara Kingsolver Interview | When a Novelist Tackles Climate Change

Jonathan Bastian — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:23:21 +0000

Barbara Kingsolver's love and knowledge of Appalachia is on display in her latest novel, "Flight Behavior." So is her passion for investigating climate change:

"It's the biggest un-talked about issue of our times," she said. "What I wanted to write about was the culture war — the difficulty of this conversation and why it is that we can all look at the same set of facts and walk away believing different things."

Axton Reading Series Opens with Poet Laureate

Erin Keane — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 20:00:00 +0000

Kentucky’s poet laureate will read from her new book in the Axton Reading Series at the University of Louisville tomorrow.

Morehead will read from her new collection of poems, “Late August Blues: the Daylily Poems,” in U of L’s Ekstrom Library, in the Chao Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

Morehead is also the author of "In a Yellow Room," "Our Brothers’ War," "A Sense of Time Left" and "The Melancholy Teacher." She teaches in the Master of Fine Arts in Writing program at Spalding University.