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Portrait of Joy Priest, featured in a Kentucky poet interview about her Horsepower poetry collection, highlighting Joy Priest Southern poetry and new poems.

…And I Sing

From her upbringing near Churchill Downs to her role as a leading voice in contemporary Southern poetry, Joy Priest shares, in this conversation with Chuck Reece, how writing became both her salvation and her rebellion.

But I Have Hope

Russell Worth Parker is a North Carolinian and a retired Marine Corps lieutenant colonel. He’s seen a lot and, like all of us, he lives every day in a nation more divided than ever. Still, he has hope. This is why.

My Superpower

When Lea-Anne Jackson’s little sister was diagnosed with leukemia, Lea-Anne was convinced she had a superpower that would save her. Then one day, it stopped working.