On the Porch with Silas House

Monthly Mondays at 8 PM
  • Hosted by Silas House

Kentucky author Silas House plays his favorite music, reads poems and excerpts, and interviews the people who are making a difference in Appalachia.  

Listen to archived On the Porch (formerly Hillbilly Solid) interviews below or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and Google Play.

Savannah Sipple (July 2019)

By • Jul 30, 2019

Silas House speaks with Savannah Sipple, author of the book WWJD And Other Poems.

 

Mary Laura Philpott (May 2019)

By • May 16, 2019
Heidi Ross

Silas House speaks with Mary Laura Philpott, author of the new essay collection I Miss You When I Blink.

Jeff Zentner (March 2019)

By • Mar 18, 2019
jeffzentnerbooks.com

Silas chats with author Jeff Zentner on this installment of On the Porch. 

Zoe Speaks (February 2019)

By • Feb 21, 2019

Silas chats with Lexington Americana group Zoe Speaks. 

The Pain Of Loving You: A Day With Wendell Berry (December 2018)

By • Dec 11, 2018

Host Silas House reads his forthcoming essay “The Pain of Loving You: A Day with Wendell Berry”.

Ada Limón (July 2018)

By John Lumagui • Aug 22, 2018

Silas talks with 2015 Finalist for the National Book Award, poet Ada Limón, about her much-anticipated new collection The Carrying.  They'll talk about the creative process, dogs, and living in Lexington.

Wiley Cash (June 2018)

By staff • Jun 8, 2018
Harper Collins

Wiley Cash in the New York Times best selling author of A Land More Kind Than Home, This Dark Road to Mercy, and his latest, The Last Ballad. Cash is a North Carolina native and current writer-in-residence at the University of North Carolina-Asheville. He, his wife and two daughters live in Wilmington North Carolina. The Last Ballad has just been issued in paperback.

Joseph Crespino (May 2018)

By • May 16, 2018
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Silas House speaks with Joseph Crespino, author of Atticus Finch: The Biography. This new book is an examination of one of the most beloved figures in literature, the father in Harper Lee’s novels To Kill A Mockingbird and Go Set A Watchman.

Kevin Neal Gardner (April 2018)

By • Apr 25, 2018

Erik Reece (August 2016)

By • Apr 25, 2018

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