Books on the Bed: Amy Le Ann Richardson

This week we visit with Amy Le Ann Richardson in Carter County, Kentucky.

Me & Amy at her art studio in Carter County, KY. Eastern KY is heaven on earth.

Amy Le Ann Richardson earned an MFA in Creative Writing from Spalding University (‘09) and is the author of two poetry chapbooks, Make Believe Worlds We Built Together (Bottlecap Press, 2023) and Who You Grow Into (Finishing Line Press, 2024), as well as a full collection, Out of Places (Pine Row Press, 2025). Her work has been featured in journals such as Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel, Kentucky Monthly, Untelling, and Still: The Journal. She currently lives and works on her family farm in Carter County, Kentucky, where she writes, grows food, and engages with her community through art and environmental advocacy.

You can find her artwork at www.chickenhousestudio.com and her farm at www.forgottenfoods.com. Also, see her Etsy store here: https://kymtnwriter.etsy.com

Amy's Books on the Bed:

The Book of Delights by Ross Gay

Where You Come from Is Gone by Annie Woodford

Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place by Neema Avashia

When Stars Rain Down by Angela Jackson-Brown

Strange As This Weather Has Been by Ann Pancake

Gay Poems for Red States by Willie Edward Taylor Carver, Jr. 

Matt's Gifts for Amy:

Glass Jaw by Raisa Tolchinsky

Thunder Song: Essays by Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe

Amy’s Books on the Bed. Friend of BOTB Ann Pancake is joined with some excellent Appalachian writers and an old classmate.

Thanks for listening and reading!

-Matt