Appalachian Heritage Month: Revisit our Affrilachia interview series from 2012

October is Appalachian Heritage Month. Last year, co-founder and poetry co-editor Teneice Durrant Delgado conducted a series of interviews of some Affrilachian poets who are also BL authors.

Check out her interviews with Ellen Hagan, Ricardo Nazario y Colon, Keith Wilson and Parneshia Jones.

Learn more about the Affrilachian Poets by visiting and liking their Facebook page.

Affrilachian Appreciation interview 3: Ellen Hagan talks to Teneice Delgado

In recognition and appreciation of Appalachian heritage month, and in an effort to contribute to a more diverse conversation on what it means to be Appalachian, Stacia Fleegal and I decided to show a little love to a few talented poets that we’ve published in previous issues who are all members of an organization called the Affrilachian Poets (you can follow them here on Facebook and learn more about them here).

We're going to feature one poet every Monday that remains in October. Last week's interview was with Keith Wilson, and the week before that featured Ricardo Nazario y Colón. Third in our series of interviews is Ellen Hagan. We’ve had the pleasure of publishing Ellen in #13 and our latest double issue, #24-25. Ellen’s amazing stage presence has always captivated me. Stay tuned for videos of her and the other AP’s we’ve interviewed.

Enjoy the interview!

-Teneice Delgado