Series Information

Storming Heaven #104
Host Bill Goodman and a panel of readers discuss Denise Giardina's historical novel about labor struggles in the coal fields. A 1999 KET production.

• KET2 Sunday, May 19 at 6:30 am EDT
• KET2 Sunday, May 19 at 11:30 pm EDT
• KETKY Thursday, May 23 at 6:30 pm EDT

The Poisonwood Bible #506
Host Bill Goodman and a panel of readers discuss The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver's epic novel about an evangelical Baptist minister who takes his family to the Congo as missionaries in 1959. A 2003 KET production.

• KET2 Sunday, May 26 at 6:30 am EDT
• KET2 Sunday, May 26 at 11:30 pm EDT
• KETKY Thursday, May 30 at 6:30 pm EDT

The Secrets of a Fire King #102
Host Bill Goodman and a panel of readers discuss Lexington author Kim Edwards' collection of short stories. A KET production.

• KET2 Sunday, June 2 at 6:30 am EDT
• KET2 Sunday, June 2 at 11:30 pm EDT
• KETKY Thursday, June 6 at 6:30 pm EDT

Blackberries, Blackberries #309
Host Bill Goodman and a panel of readers discuss Crystal Wilkinson's Blackberries, Blackberries, a book of short stories based on her experiences as an African American growing up in rural Kentucky. A 2001 KET production.

• KET2 Sunday, June 9 at 6:30 am EDT
• KET2 Sunday, June 9 at 11:30 pm EDT
• KETKY Thursday, June 13 at 6:30 pm EDT

How She Knows What She Knows About Yo-Yos #608
Host Bill Goodman and a panel of guests discuss a collection of short stories by Mary Ann Taylor-Hall (author of Come and Go, Molly Snow). A 2004 KET production.

• KET2 Sunday, June 16 at 6:30 am EDT
• KET2 Sunday, June 16 at 11:30 pm EDT
• KETKY Thursday, June 20 at 6:30 pm EDT

Touch Wood #811
Bill Goodman and a panel of readers discuss a collection of short stories by Joe Ashby Porter that offers a mix of realistic and fabulist fictions, all reflecting Porter's keen sense of the unusual and the ironic. A 2007 KET production.

• KET2 Sunday, June 23 at 6:30 am EDT
• KET2 Sunday, June 23 at 11:30 pm EDT
• KETKY Thursday, June 27 at 6:30 pm EDT

Drinking Coffee Elsewhere #603
Host Bill Goodman and a panel of guests discuss Drinking Coffee Elsewhere, former Louisvillian ZZ Packer's debut story collection. A 2004 KET production.

• KET2 Sunday, June 30 at 6:30 am EDT
• KET2 Sunday, June 30 at 11:30 pm EDT
• KETKY Thursday, July 4 at 6:30 pm EDT

The Natural Man #105
Host Bill Goodman and a panel of readers discuss author Ed McClanahan's comic coming-of-age novel set in a small Kentucky town. A 1999 KET production.

• KET2 Sunday, July 7 at 6:30 am EDT
• KET2 Sunday, July 7 at 11:30 pm EDT
• KETKY Thursday, July 11 at 6:30 pm EDT

Newfound #606
Host Bill Goodman and a panel of guests discuss Jim Wayne Miller's novel Newfound, which explores rural life in Appalachia as seen through the eyes of an adolescent boy. A 2004 KET production.

• KET2 Sunday, July 14 at 6:30 am EDT
• KET2 Sunday, July 14 at 11:30 pm EDT
• KETKY Thursday, July 18 at 6:30 pm EDT

Come and Go, Molly Snow #108
Host Bill Goodman and a panel of readers discuss Mary Ann Taylor-Hall's novel Come and Go, Molly Snow, about the struggles of a female musician trying to make it in a bluegrass band while coping with the tragic loss of her daughter. A 1999 KET production.

• KET2 Sunday, July 21 at 6:30 am EDT
• KET2 Sunday, July 21 at 11:30 pm EDT
• KETKY Thursday, July 25 at 6:30 pm EDT

Scissors, Paper, Rock #106
Host Bill Goodman and a panel of readers discuss Fenton Johnson's novel, which explores the loving ties and hidden fault lines within an extended Kentucky family. A KET production.

• KET2 Sunday, July 28 at 6:30 am EDT
• KET2 Sunday, July 28 at 11:30 pm EDT
• KETKY Thursday, August 1 at 6:30 pm EDT