Literary

Troublesome Rising: An Evening of Art & Activism will take place on September 7 at The Southgate House Revival in Newport. The event will celebrate the release of Troublesome Rising: A Thousand-Year Flood in Eastern Kentucky from Fireside Industries. The book is a powerful anthology with well-known and emerging Appalachian writers creating an authentic space […]

Our first issue of Untelling, the new literary and arts magazine, is on its way to the printers! Untelling will come out twice a year, in June and December, and will feature writers, photographers, and artists from across Appalachia and beyond. This inaugural issue includes work from 28 poets, 6 prose writers, and 14 artists! This issue

In early March, staff Rebecka Fugate, Sarah Insalaco, and Melissa Helton attended the annual Appalachian Studies Association Conference. This year ASA was hosted by Western Carolina University in Sylva, North Carolina, and was full of sessions, events, presentations, and performances that connect to Appalachian culture, history, education, art, current events, and more. Melissa Helton lead two

We’re happy to announce the faculty and mascot for this year’s Ironwood Writers Studio! Ironwood is a week-long event where high school students stay on campus and work with talented writers from across the region. This year, attendees will study poetry with Manuel Iris, winner of the Merida National Award and Poet Laurate Emeritus of Cincinnati;

“Untelling” is a regional colloquialism used when storytelling or speculating, such as “It’s untelling what will happen.” It is a point of not knowing. We want to publish work that takes us to that point of not knowing, and then connects us, teaches us, and makes us see and understand the world in new ways. While

Because the writing family of Hindman Settlement School and the community surrounding campus who experienced the July 2022 flood are both so broad, only the smallest gathering of poems, stories, essays, photographs, and experiences could be included in the anthology Troublesome Rising: A Thousand-Year Flood in Eastern Kentucky, which came out September 2024 from Fireside

In mid-December we held our first Winter Burrow Literary & Arts Conference, and it was an inspiring and educational weekend. The idea behind Winter Burrow was to create a gathering before many of the December holidays began that could bring together people with interests in Appalachian art, literature, and music as well as educators and scholars

Troublesome Creek Writers Retreats are a time for folks to gather in community with each other, spend time in conversation with a respected and published facilitator, and work independently on their respective writing projects. Unlike a workshop where there are formal classes, discussion, and critique of pieces, these retreats are loosely structured so that attendees can focus

Calling for art submissions! As part of our Fireside Firsts subscription service for new releases from our Fireside Industries imprint with the University Press of Kentucky, we are looking for art submissions that will reflect the themes and imagery of our upcoming release The Safety of Small Things by Jane Hicks. We are looking for