Poet Writes On Grief, Nature And Hurricane Helene In New Book
Poet Michael Hettich spoke with Inside Appalachia Producer Bill Lynch about his latest book of poetry, "A Sharper Silence."
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn Friday, January 22nd, 2016, I was in New York City preparing to head to West Virginia. So was a blizzard called Jonas. The blizzard that took the East Coast by storm hadn’t hit by the time I rolled into in Harrisburg, PA. I was assured by meteorologists that I shouldn’t try driving down I-79 to Charleston, but that I could make it to Pittsburgh without encountering snow. This podcast tracks my experience on the Pennsylvania Turnpike between the Bedford and Somerset exits, and the TWENTY-SEVEN AND A HALF hours I remained there, trapped in snow.