Literature and the Land 2018 Summer Symposium Lexington, Kentucky June 21-23, 2018
Schedule
The Southern Foodways Alliance thanks VisitLEX for helping us document, study, and explore Kentucky foodways.
THURSDAY Thursday location is the Lyric Theatre, 300 East Third Street, Lexington.
5:00 p.m. Registration in the Courtyard Beer Cheese and Cocktail Reception
6:30 p.m. LEE Initiative Introductions
Lexington’s Literary Family Tree Rebecca Gayle Howell, John Egerton Scholar in Residence
7:30 p.m. Kitchen Lessons Supper Ouita Michel and Freda Raglan
FRIDAY Morning location is Keeneland Sales Pavilion, 4201 Versailles Road, Lexington.
8:00 a.m. Keeneland Track Breakfast Marc Therrien, Limestone Café
9:00 a.m. Morning Poetry Frank X Walker Rebecca Gayle Howell
9:30 a.m. What You’re Getting Wrong About Appalachia Elizabeth Catte
10:30 a.m. What You’re Getting Wrong About Bourbon Jan Fernheimer
11:30 a.m. Beans and Buns and Other Kentucky Talismans Ronni Lundy
12:00 p.m. SFA Film Block
Souped: The Pinto Bean Story Directed by Ava Lowrey
Mexington Directed by Joe York Lunch location is Jesse Higginbotham Neighborhood Center in Valley Park, 2077 Cambridge Drive, Lexington.
1:00 p.m. Alexis Meza de los Santos Invitational Rosa Isela Suarez Guerrero, Casa Blanca Laura Patricia Ramírez, Tortillería y Taquería Ramírez
2:00 p.m. Mangonadas Dessert Walk Montzerrat Centeno and Luis Martinez El Lounge Ice Cream Shop and Snacks 1439 Alexandria Drive, Lexington
2:30 p.m. Choose Your Own Adventure in Lexington
Evening location is the Farish Theater at Central Library, 140 East Main Street, Lexington
6:00 p.m. Ale-8-One Welcome In These Fields, a folk opera
Dinner location is The Livery, 238 East Main Street, Lexington.
7:30 p.m. Chili Bun Supper Mark Jensen, middle fork kitchen bar Magee’s Transparent Pie
SATURDAY
Gather for Saturday morning’s market stroll at the 21c Museum Hotel, Gallery 5, 167 West Main Street, Lexington.
8:00 a.m. Anson Mills Breakfast and Farmers Market Stroll Newman Miller, Star Hill Provisions Spalding’s Bakery
Saturday morning presentations are at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning, 251 West Second Street, Lexington.
9:00 a.m. Morning Poetry Frank X Walker
9:30 a.m. Macaroni and Cheese Robert Gipe
10:30 a.m. Future Tense Kentucky Edward Lee
11:30 a.m. Land Promises Crystal Wilkinson
12:30 p.m. Black Soil Summit Ashley Smith and Crystal Wilkinson Lunch location is Living Arts and Science Center, 362 North Martin Luther King Boulevard, Lexington.
1:30 p.m. Black Soil Black Table Luncheon Mamadou "Sav" Savané, Sav's Grill & West African Cuisine Angelia Drake, From the Heart Catering
3:00 p.m. Choose Your Own Adventure in Lexington
Evening meal is at the 21c Museum Hotel, Main Gallery, 167 West Main Street, Lexington.
7:00 p.m. Cocktail Hour
7:30 p.m. Three Tense Lexington Dinner Samantha Fore, Tuk Tuk Sri Lankan Bites Jonathan Searle, Lockbox Literature and the Land 2018 Summer Symposium Lexington, Kentucky June 21-23, 2018
Guide to Lexington
Lora Smith and Samantha Fore, SFA collaborators and Lexington locals, curated this guide to eating, drinking, and exploring the city and environs on your own. Remember to check operating hours before you set out. All suggestions are choose-your-own- adventure (meaning self-guided) unless otherwise indicated.
Food and Drink
Crank & Boom Ice Cream http://www.crankandboom.com/ A local favorite, located in the Distillery District. Try the bourbon & honey flavor. (When in Rome…)
NAT’s and McCarthy’s Irish Bar https://www.facebook.com/natlexingtonky/ Nat Yuttayong serves Thai dishes inspired by his aunt’s cooking and his own travels in his native Thailand. You can take your order next door to McCarthy’s Irish Bar and order something to wash it down.
Kentucky Native Café https://www.michlers.com/ “Florist” doesn’t begin to describe Michler’s, a horticultural wonderland and Lexington institution for five generations. Kentucky Native is the on-site beer garden and café.
Justins’ House of Bourbon http://www.thehouseofbourbon.com/ Boasts a dizzying array of vintage and local bottles. Browse. Ogle. Buy.
West 6th Brewery https://www.westsixth.com/ Located in the Bread Box, a former Rainbo bread factory turned mixed-use development. Register online for a Saturday tour. (Hungry? Ouita Michel’s Smithtown Seafood is here, too.)
Bar Ona https://www.onababona.com/ Dark, stylish, and sexy. Choose from the menu of original craft cocktails, or order a shot- and-a-beer pairing and see where the night takes you.
County Club https://countyclubrestaurant.com/ Smoked meat, excellent drinks, and prime people watching. Grab a seat on the patio facing Coolavin Park; if you’re lucky, you might catch a heated bike polo match.
Arcadium http://www.arcadiumbar.com/ Impressive bourbon selection, more than 20 craft beers on tap, and a rotating selection of vintage arcade games—just $.25 a play. Ardent supporters of local breweries and pop- up businesses, including Sam Fore’s Tuk Tuk Sri Lankan Bites.
West Main Crafting Co. https://www.westmain.com/ Home to the biggest cocktail geeks in Lexington (that’s a compliment). Choose from seasonal creations, classics, and cocktail flights.
OBC (Old Bourbon County) https://obckitchen.com/ Bourbon nerds, right this way. You couldn’t ask for a more extensive whiskey selection— or more knowledgeable staff.
Old San Juan https://www.facebook.com/Old-San-Juan-Cuban-Cuisine-187517457954272/ Cuban restaurant with a great Cubano sandwich and charming owners.
Broomwagon http://broomwagonbikes.com/ A bicycle shop with a café serving coffee, craft beer, and simple, hearty, all-day fare.
Winchell’s https://www.winchellsrestaurant.com/ Beloved sports bar serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Literary Lexington
Book Benches Lexington http://www.artconnectslex.org/book-benches.html Come take a guided tour of Book Benches Lexington, a 2018 public art project of 37 book-shaped benches installed throughout the city to celebrate Kentucky's literary heritage, encourage reading, and provide a place of rest. Bench designs by local artists are based on works by Kentucky authors including Wendell Berry, Barbara Kingsolver, Silas House, Crystal Wilkinson, George Ella Lyon, Frank X Walker, and many others. Meet your guides in the 21C lobby at 3:45 p.m. Friday for the one-hour stroll.
Wild Fig Books and Coffee https://wildfigbooks.net/ Affrilachian writer Crystal Wilkinson and her husband, Ron Davis, who own Wild Fig, describe their shop as a “local/global, writer-owned, black-owned, counter- gentrification bookstore.” T-shirts with a drawing of bell hooks declaring “Feminism is for Everybody” hang on the wall.
Brier Books https://www.brierbooks.com/ Appalachian poet Savannah Sipple and partners opened Brier in 2017. Tucked into a cozy corner of Lexington’s Chevy Chase neighborhood, the store is named after Jim Wayne Miller’s The Brier Sermon, a much loved Appalachian poem.
Black Swan Books http://blackswanbooks.net/ Specializing in used and rare books and Kentucky authors for more than thirty years.
Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning http://carnegiecenterlex.org/ Inductees include Robert Penn Warren, Wendell Berry, Bobbie Ann Mason, Gayl Jones, Barbara Kingsolver, and bell hooks.
Where the Art Is
Institute 193 http://institute193.org/ Embracing the ethos that groundbreaking contemporary art is emerging outside of major metropolitan areas, Institute 193 works to document the cultural landscape of the modern South through visual, performance and sound art. Lexington native Robert Beatty, a nationally recognized digital artist who made a name for himself designing album covers, hosts an experimental evening music series in the space called 193 Noise.
Third Street Stuff http://www.thirdststuff.com/ Artist Pat Gerhard has created an art-covered gallery, shop, coffeehouse, community hub and activist hotspot where regulars mingle with students and tourists.
Stretch Your Legs
McConnell Springs Park https://www.lexingtonky.gov/mcconnell-springs-park Tree-lined hiking trails meander past natural springs. The park is located at the campsite where William McConnell gave Lexington its name in 1775.
Farther Afield
Kentucky Bourbon Trail https://kybourbontrail.com/ Get your passport stamped at one—or more—of the twenty-five distilleries on the trail.
Weisenberger Mills and Midway Bakery https://www.weisenberger.com/ https://www.themidwaybakery.com/ Kentucky’s oldest mill, still in operation and grinding locally grown grains, is a short and scenic 30-minute drive from Lexington near historic Midway. The facility is open to the public and has a tiny gift shop offering cornmeal, flour, grits and a variety of baking mixes, including Kentucky Spoonbread. From the mill you’re a stone’s throw from Midway Bakery, where you can purchase to-go cakes, old-fashioned pies, cookies, and savory scones made with Weisenberger flour.
Raven Run Nature Sanctuary https://ravenrun.org/ Easy hikes with beautiful views—meadows, creeks, breathtaking overlooks—just a few miles outside of town.
Literature and the Land 2018 Summer Symposium Lexington, Kentucky June 21-23, 2018
Participant Biographies
Elizabeth Catte is a public historian, writer, and director of Passel, a socially-conscious historical consulting firm serving nonprofits and unions in Appalachia. She is the author of What You are Getting Wrong About Appalachia, and her work has been featured on various media outlets, including the New Yorker and NPR.
Jan Fernheimer is the director of Jewish Studies and associate professor of Writing, Rhetoric and Digital Media at the University of Kentucky. Her research focuses on questions of identity, invention, and cross-audience communication.
Samantha Fore is the owner and chef of Tuk Tuk Sri Lankan Bites, a pop-up restaurant housed at Arcadium Bar in Lexington serving Sri Lankan street food and Sri Lankan-inspired Southern fare since 2016. A former web designer, Sam got her start in food by hosting traditional Sri Lankan brunches based on her mother’s recipes in her home.
Robert Gipe is the author of the illustrated novels Trampoline and Weedeater. He has directed plays, festivals, conferences, and a radio show, and worked at Appalshop in Whitesburg, Kentucky from 1989 to 1995. Gipe now teaches and directs the Appalachian Program at Southeast Kentucky Community College.
Rebecca Gayle Howell is the author of American Purgatory and Render /An Apocalypse, and winner of a 2014 Pushcart Prize. Howell is the James Still Writer-in-Residence at the Hindman Settlement School in Knott County, Kentucky and the poetry editor for Oxford American.
Mark Jensen is the chef and owner of Middle Fork Kitchen Bar (mfkb) located in the James Pepper Distillery. Having worked in kitchens for 40 years across Europe and New England, he ran his own catering company and the mobile food galley “fork in the road” in Lexington before opening mfkb.
Edward Lee is the chef and owner of 610 Magnolia in Louisville and Succotash, in Washington DC. He has appeared on The Mind of a Chef and Top Chef, and is the author of the cookbook Smoke and Pickles. Lee is a six-time James Beard nominee for Best Chef of the Southeast.
Ava Lowrey, Pihakis Foodways Documentary Filmmaker, graduated from the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU and the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. Since joining SFA’s staff in 2015, she has made a dozen short films.
Ronni Lundy has long chronicled the people of the hillbilly diaspora as a journalist and cookbook author. Her books include Shuck Beans, Stack Cakes, and Honest Fried Chicken, and Victuals, which won a 2017 James Beard Award. She is also the recipient of SFA’s 2009 Craig Claiborne Lifetime Achievement Award.
Alexis Meza is a visual artist and co-founder of the Kentucky Dream Coalition, a network that helps immigrant youth access higher education. In 2014 she recalled her 13-hour trek across the desert from Veracruz to the United States for the Lexington Herald-Leader.
Ouita Michel owns eight restaurants in Kentucky, including Holly Hill Inn, which she opened with her husband Chris in 2001. Known for her commitment to locally-sourced food and advocacy, she was a 2016 James Beard finalist for Outstanding Restaurateur.
Jonathan Searle is the executive chef at Lockbox, the 21c Museum Hotel restaurant. Before coming to Lockbox, he worked at Bourbon n’ Toulouse, Bellinis, and Dudley’s on Short in Lexington, and was the executive sous chef at Proof on Main in Louisville.
Ashley C. Smith is the co-founder of Black Soil: Our Better Nature, a combination of farm tours, farm-to-table dinners, and workshops with the mission to reconnect black Kentuckians to their legacy and heritage in agriculture. She currently serves as Director of Education and Governmental Affairs at Fayette Alliance and is on the committee for the Rural Urban Exchange.
Lora Smith is a scholar, writer, community organizer, and founding member of the Appalachian Food Summit. In 2015 she accepted SFA’s John Egerton Prize on behalf of that organization. Smith helps grow heirloom corn, beans, tomatoes, and squash at Big Switch Farm in Egypt, Kentucky.
Frank X Walker, a professor at the University of Kentucky, is a founding member of both the Affrilachian Poets and the Bluegrass Black Arts Consortium, and also founding editor of PLUCK!, the new Journal of Affrilachian Art & Culture. Walker is a former Kentucky Poet Laureate who has authored nine poetry collections.
Crystal Wilkinson is the Appalachian Writer-in-Residence at Berea College. Her works include short-story collections Blackberries, Blackberries, Water Street, and her novel The Birds of Opulence, which received the 2016 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence. Wilkinson co-owns Wild Fig Books & Coffee in Lexington. Literature and the Land 2018 Summer Symposium Lexington, Kentucky June 21-23, 2018
Registration List
Susan Able Kristen Baughman Edible DC Magazine Warrenton, NC Washington, DC [email protected] [email protected] Caroline Beck Aiya Abraham Brooklyn, NY SlakMarket Farm [email protected] Lexington, KY www.slakmarket.com Kathy Bellfield Ballew Estates Iyad Abraham Richmond, KY SlakMarket Farm Lexington, KY Makayla Bellfield www.slakmarket.com Ballew Estates Richmond, KY Kathem Abraham SlakMarket Farm Tiffany Bellfield Lexington, KY Ballew Estates www.slakmarket.com Richmond, KY [email protected] Kenya Abraham SlakMarket Farm Ali Beston Lexington, KY Cathead Distillery [email protected] Nashville, TN [email protected] Annemarie Anderson SFA Oral Historian Hannah Bishop Oxford, MS Blacksburg, VA [email protected] [email protected]
Brittney Andres Rossi Tommy Bishop SFA Event Planner Blacksburg, VA Oxford, MS [email protected] [email protected] Connor Black Savanna Barnett Trinity Kitchen Savanna Barnett Photography Santa Fe, NM Lexington, KY [email protected] [email protected] Christine Boake Bev Bartow University of Tennessee New York, NY Knoxville, TN [email protected] [email protected] Suze Bono Griffin Bufkin Nashville, TN Southern Soul BBQ [email protected] St Simons Island, GA [email protected] Lucey Bowen Menlo Park, CA Stephanie Callihan [email protected] LEE Initiative Chef Lexington, KY Joanie Brehm [email protected] Houston, TX [email protected] Laura Candler Lodge Cast Iron Ralf Brehm South Pittsburg, TN Signarama-Houston [email protected] Houston, TX [email protected] Elizabeth Catte Passel Historic Consultants Erin Bridges Staunton, VA Accelerating Appalachia [email protected] Louisville, KY [email protected] Montzerrat Centeno El Lounge Ice Cream and Snacks Elizabeth Brock Lexington, KY Germantown, TN [email protected] [email protected] Eliot Chavanne Nancy Brower Trinity Kitchen Huntsville, AL Santa Fe, NM [email protected] [email protected]
Eliza Brown Neil Chethik Cockayne Fund Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning San Francisco,, CA Lexington, KY [email protected] Helene Chlopan Andrea C. Brown, Esq. Lexington, KY Black Soil [email protected] Lexington, KY [email protected] Richard Chlopan Lexington, KY Nora Brunner [email protected] VisitLEX Lexington, KY Trevor Claiborn [email protected] Black Soil: Our Better Nature Lexington, KY Sarah Bryant [email protected] Quinton, VA [email protected] Andersen Cook South Carolina State Library Columbia, SC [email protected] Corey Critchfield Tiffany Duncan middle fork kitchen bar Black Soil Lexington, KY Lexington, KY [email protected] [email protected]
Faison Cushman Wali El-Amin Myrtle Beach, SC Ballew Estates [email protected] Richmond, KY
Ron Davis Julia Elmendorf Wild Figs Books and Coffee Norris, TN Lexington, KY [email protected] [email protected] Irucka Embry Don Davison Getting Back to Nature Galveston, TX Lexington, KY [email protected] [email protected]
Janene Davison Jim Embry Galveston College Sustainable Communities Network Galveston, TX Richmond, KY [email protected] [email protected]
Mallory deGolian Obiora Embry Atlanta, GA Getting Back to Nature [email protected] Lexington, KY [email protected] Sarah Deye Keeneland Valerie Erwin Lexington, KY EAT Cafe/SFA Board [email protected] Philadelphia, PA [email protected] Anne Dean Dotson University Press of Kentucky Austin Evans Lexington, KY Cathead Distillery [email protected] Jackson, MS [email protected] Benjamin Dotson Washington, DC Sara Day Evans [email protected] Accelerating Appalachia Lexington, KY Angelia Drake [email protected] From the Heart Catering, LLC Lexington, KY Paul Fehribach [email protected] Big Jones Chicago, IL Joanne Drilling [email protected] Milford, OH [email protected]
Janice Fernheimer Melissa Hall University of Kentucky SFA Managing Director Lexington, KY Oxford, MS [email protected] [email protected]
Samantha Fore Erin Hilton Tuk Tuk Sri Lanken Bites VisitLEX Lexington, KY Lexington, KY [email protected] [email protected]
Jacquelynn Gaines Rebecca Gayle Howell Cleveland, OH SFA John Egerton Scholar in Residence [email protected] Hindman, KY [email protected] Sara Gaines Cleveland, OH Alex Huber [email protected] Kindling Public Relations Lexington, KY Robert Gipe [email protected] Trampoline Harlan, KY Montequa Jackson [email protected] Ballew Farms Richmond, KY Niki Goldey VisitLEX Andrea James Lexington, KY Hoop Dreams [email protected] Lexington, KY [email protected] Teresa Goss Black Soil Supporter Mark Jensen Lexington, KY Middle Fork Kichen Bar [email protected] Lexington, KY [email protected] Kimberly Gray Black Soil Sasha Johnson Lexington, KY Ballew Farms [email protected] Richmond, KY
Vanessa Grossl CJ Jones Oral Historian Ballew Farms Lexington, KY Richmond, KY [email protected] [email protected]
Janell Guy Paul Kardous Ballew Farms Charlotte, NC Richmond, KY [email protected] Peter Hairston Winston Salem, NC Stephanie Keinath [email protected] Dayton, OH [email protected]
Mark Kelly LesLee Macpherson Lodge Cast Iron Honeywood/Ouita Michel South Pittsburg, TN Lexington, KY [email protected] [email protected]
Patricia Kessler Lindsey Maggard Eads, TN Washington, DC [email protected] [email protected]
Debbie Koenig Sara Maggard Loveland, OH Lexington, KY [email protected] [email protected]
AuCo Lai Marie-Claire Marroum-Kardous LEE Initiative Chef Charlotte, NC Corbin, KY [email protected] [email protected] Luis Martinez Jon Langford El Lounge Ice Cream and Snacks Southern Soul Lexington, KY St. Simons Island, GA [email protected] Andrew McCabe HiCotton Hospitality Mary Beth Lasseter Louisville, KY SFA Associate Director [email protected] Oxford, MS [email protected] Jennifer McKay The Kitchen Table Edward Lee Hattiesburg, MS 610 Magnolia/The LEE Initiative [email protected] Louisville, KY [email protected] Kennard McKay The Kitchen Table Carroll Leggett Hattiesburg, MS Carroll Leggett Public Relations/Public [email protected] Affairs Winston-Salem, NC Dwight McNeill [email protected] Red Truck Bakery Marshall, VA Ava Lowrey [email protected] SFA Filmmaker Oxford, MS Alexis Meza [email protected] Kentucky Dream Coalition Lexington, KY Ronni Lundy [email protected] Victuals/ SFA Founder Burnsville, NC Ouita Michel [email protected] Ouita Michel Family of Restaurants Midway, KY [email protected]
Sara Camp Milam Patrick O'Dowd SFA Managing Editor University Press of Kentucky Oxford, MS Lexington, KY [email protected] [email protected]
Diane Miller Lindsey Ofcacek The Inns at St. Albans The LEE Initiative/610 Magnolia St. Albans, MO Louisville, KY [email protected] [email protected]
George Miller Jay Oglesby Miller's Farm SFA Board Stanford, KY Birmingham, AL [email protected] Newman Miller Maker's Mark Abbey Oldham Lexington, KY Kentucky Educational Television [email protected] [email protected]
Susan Miller Graham Oliver Miller's Farm Texas State University Stanford, KY Round Rock, TX [email protected] [email protected]
Richard Moore Richard Patrick Pawleys Island , SC Cathead Distillery [email protected] Jackson, MS [email protected] Robin Morris Pawleys Island , SC Penny Peavler [email protected] Frazier History Museum Louisville, KY Claire Moss [email protected] SFA Development Officer Oxford, MS Gabe Phillips [email protected] Lexington, KY [email protected] Pam Moye Columbus, GA Jennifer Phillips [email protected] Lexington, KY [email protected] Darcy Mullen Georgia Institute of Technology Charles Pittenger Atlanta, GA Stamping Ground, KY [email protected] [email protected]
Brian Noyes Freda Raglin Red Truck Bakery Midway, KY Marshall , VA [email protected]
Mary Quinn Ramer Bangaly Savane VisitLEX Sav's Grill and West African Cuisine Lexington, KY Lexington, KY [email protected] [email protected]
Laura Patricia Ramirez Mamadou Savane Tortilleria y Taqueria Ramirez Sav's Grill and West African Cuisine Lexington, KY Lexington, KY [email protected] [email protected]
Jermo Reese Nancy Schoenhoff Frankie's Corner Little Thoroughbred Kentucky Cultured Crusade Louisville, KY Lexington, KY [email protected] [email protected] Catherine Schopfer Nikkia Rhodes Anson Mills LEE Intiative Chef Charlotte, NC Louisville, KY [email protected] [email protected] Jeff Schopfer Rigel Richardson Charlotte, NC Pittsburgh, PA [email protected] [email protected] Jonathan Searle Liz Roach Lockbox Lexington, KY Lexington, KY [email protected] [email protected]
Lindsey Roberts Easton Selby Keeneland Hospitality Coastal Carolina University Lexington, KY Conway, SC [email protected] [email protected]
Jen Rock Stephania Sharkey LEE Initiative Chef LEE Initiative Chef Louisville, KY Lexington, KY [email protected] [email protected]
Ryan Rogers Connor Sites-Bowen HiCotton Hospitality Pittsburgh , PA Louisville, KY [email protected] [email protected] Ashley Smith Elena Rush Black Soil: Our Better Nature Spartanburg, SC Lexington, KY [email protected] [email protected]
Lora Smith Mary-Kate Tucto Appalachian Food Summit Taste of South Tyner, KY Birmingham, AL [email protected] [email protected]
Belinda Smith-Sullivan Ginger Updegrave Chef Belinda LLC Raleigh, NC Trenton , SC [email protected] [email protected] Ken Updegrave Stacey Sprenz Raleigh, NC Apex, NC [email protected] [email protected] Jacqueline van Willigen Cherise Stevens Lexington, KY Phase 3 Marketing and Communications [email protected] Marietta, GA [email protected] John van Willigen Lexington, KY Amy Stoker [email protected] Brooklyn, NY [email protected] Frank X Walker University of Kentucky Ashli Stokes Lexington, KY UNC Charlotte [email protected] Charlotte, NC [email protected] David Shane Wallace Galveston College Rosa Isela Suarez Guerrero Galveston, TX Casa Blanca Mexican Restaurant [email protected] Lexington, KY [email protected] Crystal Wilkinson Wild Figs Books and Coffee Marc Therrien Lexington, KY Keeneland Hospitality [email protected] Lexington, KY [email protected] Tom Wilmes Business Lexington Afton Thomas Lexington, KY SFA Project Coordinator [email protected] Oxford, MS [email protected] Judith Winfrey PeachDish / Love is Love Farm Thuy Tran Atlanta, GA Jewish Community Center of San Francisco [email protected] San Francisco, CA, CA [email protected]
Literature and the Land 2018 Summer Symposium Lexington, Kentucky June 21-23, 2018
Bibliography
Books Catte, Elizabeth. What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia, Belt Publishing, 2018. Fernheimer, Jan. Stepping into Zion: Hatzaad Harishon, Black Jews, and the Remaking of Jewish Identity, University of Alabama Press, 2014. Gipe, Robert. Trampoline, Ohio University Press, 2015. Gipe, Robert. Weedeater, Ohio University Press, 2018. Howell, Rebecca Gayle. American Purgatory, Eyewear Publishing, 2017. Howell, Rebecca Gayle. Render: An Apocalypse, Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 2013. Lee, Edward. Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef’s Journey to Discover America’s New Melting Pot Cuisine,Workman Publishing, 2018. Lundy, Ronni. Victuals: An Appalachian Journey with Recipes, Clarkson Potter, 2016. Walker, Frank X. About Flight, Accents Publishing, 2015. Walker, Frank X. Ink Stains and Watermarks: New and Uncollected Poems, Duncan Hall Press, 2017. Wilkinson, Crystal. The Birds of Opulence, The University Press of Kentucky, 2018.
Articles Catte, Elizabeth. “Liberal Shaping of Appalachia: Inside the Media Elite’s Obsession with the Hillbilly Problem.” Salon, 21 March 2017. “The Dish: Chef Ouita Michel.” CBS This Morning, 2 July 2016. Meza, Alexis. “Ky. voices: Alexis Meza recounts 13-hour walk across the desert toward her American dream.” Lexington Herald-Ledger, 27 July 2014. Roberts, Carolanne Griffith. “Southern Chef Salute: Ouita Michel.” Southern Living. Smith, Lora. “Mas Manteca, More Lard.” Gravy. Smith, Lora and Wey, Tunde. “Dinner in Appalachia: Finding Common Ground in Trump Country.” The Salt, 7 January 2017. Wilkinson, Crystal. “Shit, We’re All Consequences of Something.” The Oxford American, March 2018.
Websites Black Soil http://blacksoil.life/ Higher Ground [Robert Gipe] https://www.highergroundinharlan.com/ Kentucky Dream Coalition [Alexis Meza] http://www.kentuckydreamcoalition.com/ The Lee Initiative [Edward Lee and Lindsey Ofcacek] https://leeinitiative.org/ Tuk Tuk Sri Lanken Bites [Samantha Fore] http://www.tuktuklex.com/
Oral Histories/Podcasts/Films “Bluegrass Bios – Black Soil: Our Better Nature” Lexington Community Radio, 6 March 2018. Bluegrass and Birria. SFA Oral History Project. 2015-2017. Bluegrass Tacos. Gravy podcast. 13 July 2017. Mexington. SFA film profiling 2017 Ruth Fertel Keeper of the Flame Winner Laura Patricia Ramirez.
Literature and the Land 2018 Summer Symposium Lexington, Kentucky June 21-23, 2018
Transportation and Parking Information
The 2018 Summer Symposium is a BYOC (bring your own car) event. To help with navigation, you’ll want to know about parking options. We’ve outlined everything we know in this document. And we offer one tip: where parking is limited, Lyft, Uber, or arrange carpools. SFA-ers are a friendly bunch, and carpooling is not unusual at summer events. Note that *locations are walkable from the 21c Museum Hotel.
Thursday: *Lyric Theatre, 300 East Third Street, Lexington Parking is available in Lyric Parking lot and across the street at Polk Dalton Clinic.
Friday Breakfast/Talks: Keeneland Sales Pavilion, 4201 Versailles Road, Lexington Parking is plentiful at Keeneland.
Friday Lunch: Jesse Higginbotham Neighborhood Center in Valley Park, 2077 Cambridge Drive, Lexington There is a small parking lot at Valley Park, so Lyft, Uber, or carpooling is ideal. We’ll be walking to dessert at a different location.
Friday Evening: *Farish Theater at Central Library, 140 East Main Street, Lexington The Library will provide two hours of free parking. Bring your Lexington Public Library Parking Garage ticket with you to have it validated at the first-floor service desk.
Friday Supper: *The Livery, 238 East Main Street, Lexington Metered spots are free after 5PM on Friday. Barney Millers Lot is free after 6PM on Friday. The Phoenix lot, located off Water Street between Ayers Alley and Hernando Alley, is free after 5PM on Friday. The Chase Garage is paid parking, located at 151 Esplanade. The KU Lot located behind the Livery is open after 5PM on Friday.
Saturday Breakfast: *21c Museum Hotel, Gallery 5, 167 West Main Street, Lexington There is free metered parking surrounding the hotel for early morning breakfast pick-ups.
Saturday Morning Talks: *Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning, 251 West Second Street, Lexington There is typically ample street parking on Saturdays, and several pay lots within a couple of blocks.
Saturday Lunch: *Living Arts and Science Center, 362 North Martin Luther King Boulevard, Lexington There is plentiful street parking available and 25 additional spots are in the LASC lot.
*Saturday Supper: *21c Museum Hotel, Gallery 5, 167 West Main Street, Lexington The hotel offers $10 valet parking for event guests.