Arts & Culture

KY Poet Laureate Talks ‘Goat-Footed Gods,’ This West Virginia Morning

Kathleen Driskell is Kentucky’s current poet laureate. Driskell has authored six poetry collections, and her work has appeared in The New Yorker and Rattle, among others. Her most recent is Goat-Footed Gods. Inside Appalachia producer Bill Lynch spoke with Driskell about living next to the dead and America’s most lethal cryptid.

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Diving Into Spring, Inside Appalachia

This week, we meet the woman behind the popular TikTok account “Appalachian Forager.” She makes jam from pawpaws and jewelry from coyote teeth. Also, we sit in on a master class in foraging for wild mushrooms. And, when a West Virginia pastor got assigned to a new church, folks tried to warn him. 

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Two W.Va. Based Films Hit Netflix Most Watched List 

Two films shot and produced on location in West Virginia are at and near the top of this week's list of most popular films on the streaming service Netflix.

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The Legacy Of A Clarksburg Church’s Chocolate Easter Eggs, This West Virginia Morning

Around this time of the year, some area churches get into the business of selling chocolate Easter eggs. These are the kind of eggs that have some weight to them. But one West Virginia church has become known far and wide for its chocolate eggs.

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