Annotated Bibliography of Publications and Productions

Publications/Productions (Annotated) 

Coal Country (co-editor), nonfiction, Sierra Club Books, November 2009

Eli the Good, novel, Candlewick Books, September 2009

 “The God of Bird’s Nests,” essay, We All Live Downstream, Motes Books, 2009

 “Leslie County,” song, We All Live Downstream, Motes Books, 2009

Long Time Travelling, play, produced at Lexington Actor’s Guild, Lexington, Kentucky, April 2009

 “Appalachia In Her Hands,” essay, Appalachian Heritage, Spring 2009

 “God’s Key,” poem, Motif: Writing By Ear, Motes Books, 2009

 “Sexton’s Creek,” song, Motif: Writing By Ear, Motes Books, 2009

 Something’s Rising, nonfiction, University Press of Kentucky, March 2009

 “The Dirt On Coal,” essay, Sierra, January 2009

 “5 November 2008,” poem, Appalachian Heritage, Winter 2009

 “At the Opening of Coal Miner’s Daughter, Corbin, Kentucky, March 27,          1980,” poem, Appalachian Heritage, Spring 2008

 “Don’t Forget This Song,” short story, Smoky Mountain Living, Fall 2008

“Writing Stores,” essay, Kentucky Monthly, November 2008

 “Three Fireballs, One Door, Seven Slams,” short story, Mountain Mysteries II:  The Unexplained, Ascended Idea Press, 2008

“On God’s Creek,” essay, The Louisville Review, Fall 2008

“Top Secret: Sierra Hull,” feature, No Depression (The Bookazine), The          University of Texas Press, 2008

 The Hurting Part:  Evolution of An American Play, multidisciplinary          work (play, short story, essay, interview), Motes Books, July 2008

 “I’m With the Band: Dan Tyminski,” feature, No Depression, June 2008

 “Equinox,” short story, Wind Magazine, Summer 2008

“Morning Trees,” poem, Appalachian Heritage, Summer 2007

 “Back In the Fold: Carlene Carter,” feature, No Depression, April 2007 

“No Bible-Beating Allowed,” essay, Shouts and Whispers, Eerdman’s          Publishing Company, 2007

 “Grandpa, Granny, and Hee Haw,” essay, No Depression December 2006

 “Dreams So Real: Darrell Scott,” feature, No Depression, August 2006

 “My Country Sister,” essay, Appalachian Heritage, Spring 2006

 “The Tree The Acorn Fell From:  Wayne Scott,” feature, No Depression,          February 2006

 The Hurting Part, play, produced at the University of Kentucky, December 2005

 “Happy Woman Blues:  Lucinda Williams,” feature, The Best of No Depression, The University of Texas Press, 2005

 “A Place of Noble Trees,” essay, Of Woods and Water, University Press of Kentucky, 2005 

“It’s About the Music:  Nickel Creek,” No Depression, October 2005

 “How Fried Chicken Saved My Family,” essay, Oxford American, Spring 2005

 “Saints,” short story, High Horse, Fleur de Lis Press, 2005

 “Remembering Larry Brown,” essay, No Depression, February 2005

 “Well I Hate to See Your Evening Sun Sinking Down:  Buddy Miller,” feature, No Depression, October 2004

The Coal Tattoo, novel, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, September  2004

“Family Traditions: Dirk Powell,” feature, No Depression, June 2004

“The Cool of the Day,” short story, The Alumni Grill, MacAdam Cage          Publishing, 2004

“1976,” short story, Beloit Fiction Journal, Spring 2004 

“A Remembrance of Things Past: Grey DeLisle,” feature, No Depression, April 2004

“A Day With Lee Smith,” feature, Appalachian Heritage, Winter 2003

“The First Day,” short story, All Things Considered, NPR, September 2003

“Total Immersion,” short story, Night Train, Fall 2003

“The Cool of the Day,” short story, Bayou, Fall 2003

“Not Just a Simple Southern Belle:  Claire Holley,” feature, No          Depression, August 2003.

“Coal Smoke,” short story, The Louisville Review, Spring 2003

“Let the Good Times Roll: Delbert McClinton,” feature, No Depression,          December 2002

“Making Himself Heard,” feature, Appalachian Heritage, Fall 202

A Parchment of Leaves, novel, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,          August 2002

“Nothing to Fear: Kelly Willis,” feature, No Depression, August 2002

“The Third Man: Hank Williams III,” feature, No Depression, February 2002

“The November Snake,” short story, All Things Considered, NPR,          January    2002

“Music (The Revelator),” feature, No Depression, December 2001

“Summer Story,” short story, All Things Considered, NPR, August 2001

“Star Wars,” essay, All Things Considered, NPR, May 2001

Clay’s Quilt, novel, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, March 2001

“Canning,” short story, Appalachian Heritage, Fall 2000