News

News

  • New Book of poetry is out now: “The Intimacy of Spoons”

    The Intimacy of Spoons is my latest book and it is out in the world and available anywhere you buy books.

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  • Chapter 16 Review of Without Warning

    A kind and thorough review. A Different Dark | Chapter 16

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  • Appalachian Places features Interview and Poetry

    A real treat to be featured in this magazine that first published some of my essays and poetry 3o years ago. Visit Poetry (appalachianplaces.org)

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  • Without Warning wins Martin Kansas History Book of the Year Award for 2023

    Kansas History Book – Winners – Kansas Authors Club

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  • Kansas Historical Society Guest Lecture

    Virtual Museum After Hours – Without Warning: The Tornado of Udall Kansas – YouTube

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  • Kansas Public Radio’s “Kansas Presents”

    KPR Presents: The Deadliest Tornado in Kansas History (kansaspublicradio.org)

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  • Great New Review of Without Warning

    a book review by John Newlin: Without Warning: The Tornado of Udall, Kansas (nyjournalofbooks.com)

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  • Without Warning Interview on The Daily Yonder’s Path Finders Column

    Q&A: Jim Minick on Deadliest Kansas Tornado, 70 Years Later (dailyyonder.com)

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  • Without Warning Creation Story, guest post on Wendy Welch’s blog

    The Monday Book – Without Warning by Jim Minick | Wendy Welch: Books, Yarn, Cats, Opioids (wendy-welch.com)

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  • Now, Appalachia Podcast Interview

    Author Jim Minick on Now, Appalachia by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network (soundcloud.com)

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  • New Book is now out! Without Warning: the Tornado of Udall, Kansas

    Without Warning: the Tornado of Udall, Kansas is my latest book and it is out in the world and available anywhere you buy books. Consider supporting indie bookstores or coming to an event.

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  • Jim is Featured on “The Beat” Poetry Podcast

    Jim Minick reads “The Oven Bird” by Robert Frost as well as selections of some of his own poetry on The Beat: A Poetry Podcast, produced by Knox County Public Library, Knox County, Tennessee. This is Episode 11, recorded on February 28, 2023…

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  • PBS Write Around the Corner Interview

    Blue Ridge PBS visits the Settlers Museum in Atkins to talk with Jim Minick about his book, Fire is Your Water, Winner of the 2017 Appalachian Book of the Year for fiction. This novel explores what it means to heal and what it means to …

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  • The Healing Art of Jim Minick: A Review of Fire is Your Water

    Edward Huffstetler writes a review of “Fire is Your Water” for the North American Review … the oldest literary magazine in the nation ….

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  • Another great interview on the “Work-In-Progress” blog

    “Work-in-Progress” – NC-area novelist and writer Leslie Pietrzyk on the creative process and all things literary. Leslie Pietrzyk interviews Jim Minick: “Learning His Way In: Jim Minick on his new novel, FIRE IS YOUR WATER”, posted on April 24, 2017 .

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  • Ohio UP Interview about Fire Is Your Water

    Ohio University Press interviews Jim Minick about his novel Fire is Your Water.

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  • A great interview about Fire Is Your Water

    A great article/interview about Fire Is Your Water. Thanks to Stephanie Porter-Nichols.

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  • Library Journal gives Fire Is Your Water a starred review

    Fire Is Your Water earned a starred review in Library Journal, which called it “an outstanding first novel full of appealing characters and an inventive plot based on true events. This belongs at the top of every spring reading list.” Yippee!

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  • My new novel “Fire Is Your Water”

    I’m thrilled to announce that my novel Fire Is Your Water, published by Ohio UP, is out and in bookstores as well as online. Here’s a book cover description: Ada Franklin is a young powwow doctor in the Pennsylvania Dutch, religious faith tradition. By saying …

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