books

A man tried to sue a high school librarian for thousands of dollars for keeping the book of personal essays by a Black, nonbinary author on the shelves.

“Appalachian Reckoning” is a powerful retort to the 2016 best-seller, “Hillbilly Elegy.”

Lindsy Serrano is the librarian at St. Francis School in Goshen, Kentucky. She talks about how her current job gave her the opportunity to meet her childhood hero.

With its lyrical prose, Leesa Cross-Smith’s book “Whiskey and Ribbons," doesn’t just read like music; it’s organized like a composition. A fugue, specifically.

Grafton, a Louisville native, was the author of the so-called Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Series in which each book title begins with a letter from the alphabet.

Manning is a lyrical writer who explores themes of permanence, empathy and our relationship to our most important memories.

Wensink's 2015 novel, "Fake Fruit Factory," was on NPR's list of best books of the year. His first-ever children’s book is coming out next week.

You might remember him as the subject of Donald Trump's derision during the 2016 presidential campaign, during which Blumenthal advised Hillary Clinton.

Beshear defends his administration’s approach to the Affordable Care Act, funding cuts to the state’s ailing pension systems and same-sex marriage.

Hunter S. Thompson’s “The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved” is likely top of mind. Here's a few others to round out your reading list.