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Silas House is a prolific writer who is a vital voice in Appalachia. House’s new book is "The Tulip Poplars." It’s a sweeping novel that chronicles the lives of four people as they navigate friendship and forbidden love in 20th century Kentucky. Inside Appalachia Host Mason Adams recently spoke with House.
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