Episode 64: The James Baker Hall Foundation

About this episode

This episode features a discussion with Lawrence Pemble about the James Baker Hall Foundation and includes interviews with award-winning authors and grant recipients.

On this month's episode we'll visit with Lawrence Pemble, the managing director and president of the James Baker Hall foundation. We'll talk about the organization and meet Willie Davis, the winner of the 2025 Book Award for his novel, "Honeysuckle Season." Later, we'll talk with two James Baker Hall grant recipients, Melissa Helton with the Hindman Settlement School's Ironwood Writers Collective and Amy Le Ann Richardson, with Bloodroot Writers Collective.

People in this episode

Host: Lawrence Pemble

Guests: Willie Davis, Melissa Helton, Amy Le Ann Richardson

Topics covered

• James Baker Hall Foundation
• Book Award
• Writers Collective
• Literature
• Arts

Keywords

• James Baker Hall Foundation
• Willie Davis
• Honeysuckle Season
• Melissa Helton
• Amy Le Ann Richardson

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: James Baker Hall Foundation, Hindman Settlement School, Bloodroot Writers Collective

Books & works: Honeysuckle Season

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