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Scissors, Paper, Rock

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.
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Season 1 Episodes

The Same River Twice
S1 E12 Length 25:57 Premiere Date 12/07/99

Shuck Beans, Stack Cakes, and Honest Fried Chicken
S1 E11 Length 25:58 Premiere Date 11/02/99

Come and Go, Molly Snow
S1 E8 Length 25:49 Premiere Date 08/03/99

Scissors, Paper, Rock
S1 E6 Length 25:42 Premiere Date 06/01/99

The Natural Man
S1 E5 Length 26:01 Premiere Date 05/15/01

Storming Heaven
S1 E4 Length 25:25 Premiere Date 05/08/01

Passing for Black
S1 E3 Length 25:46 Premiere Date 04/24/01

The Secrets of a Fire King
S1 E2 Length 25:39 Premiere Date 04/17/01

The Memory of Old Jack
S1 E1 Length 26:02 Premiere Date 04/10/01

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Hell and Ohio: Stories of Southern Appalachia - S5 E3

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Host Bill Goodman and a panel of readers discuss Chris Holbrook's "Hell and Ohio," a collection of nine insightful and empathetic short stories about life in contemporary Appalachia. A 2003 KET production.

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Earth Bones - S5 E4

Premiered On: 04/01/2003

Host Bill Goodman and a panel of readers discuss "Earth Bones," a collection of poems by former Kentucky Poet Laureate Richard Taylor. A 2003 KET production.

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Horse of a Different Color - S5 E5

Premiered On: 05/06/2003

Host Bill Goodman and a panel of readers discuss "Horse of a Different Color" by Jim Squires, the retired newspaper editor who bred 2001 Kentucky Derby winner Monarchos. A 2003 KET production.

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The Poisonwood Bible - S5 E6

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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.

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Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood - S5 E7

Premiered On: 07/01/2003

Host Bill Goodman and a panel of readers discuss bell hooks' "Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood," a moving memoir of her childhood in Western Kentucky written in imagistic three-page segments. A 2003 KET production.

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