Robert Gipe

author of the novels Trampoline, Weedeater, and Pop from Ohio UP

[Robert Gipe @robert_gipe]

Burl Spoon is one of my favorite heavies. Now he’s got his own book.

[Silas House 📘 @silasdhouse]

Join me, Neema Avashia, Robert Gipe, and Willie Carver for a special reading to remind us all to love louder. Via @salvationsouth1 Free and open to everyone. Register here. https://t.co/vUEkEEssn8

[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

Today, a lot of old Black men will be rooting for the KC Chiefs.

It has nothing to do with Taylor Swift, a Black QB or Travis Kelce's pioneering haircut. It's about HBCUs, Black history, a kidnapping & white affirmative action.

How Racism Invented the Super Bowl

A thread.

[Robert Gipe @robert_gipe]

@WVUPRESS Thanks @AvashiaNeema. You are the warm and generous life giving sun of this Appalachian literary universe getting hatched.

[Robert Gipe @robert_gipe]

@jimatdeltaco Game recognizes game @jimatdeltaco

[Robert Gipe @robert_gipe]

A lot of what I have learned about how to be a decent person doing work in the mountains I learned from Gurney Norman. We are gathering to give Gurney a party November 17 & 18 in Lexington. Yall ought to come. Its free and open to the public. More info: https://t.co/2ip8VpZ7ja

[Robert Gipe @robert_gipe]

@DavidJoy_Author Jean Smart's work in @FargoFX and Hacks has made her my favorite 21c DW. But I'll always have a soft spot for the born in TN and raised in KY Potts.

[Robert Gipe @robert_gipe]

@DavidJoy_Author @WillieETCarver

[Robert Gipe @robert_gipe]

It was a good day. Thx to @WillieETCarver @mandifugate and all the rest. Willie’s book, like his work on behalf of lgbtq+ youth, is super good. Buy a few.

[Robert Gipe @robert_gipe]

@WillieETCarver I have wrassled once in this century but it ended in a draw. If there’s a ring set up #readspottednewt, we will see how it goes. If mean gene okerlund is there, we are on.

[Robert Gipe @robert_gipe]

We went to the Queer Literary Hoedown at the Carnegie Center yesterday. Excellent writers read. Tyler Childers new music video created by @silasdhouse, Jason Howard and others played. It was great. We have us a good poet laureate in KY. A good governor, too.

[Robert Gipe @robert_gipe]

@WillieETCarver I will accept.

[Robert Gipe @robert_gipe]

What @WillieETCarver said

[Robert Gipe @robert_gipe]

Reading this rn. Excellent. Buy buy buy.

[julieraepowers @julieraepowers]

Support Appalachian Trans Meemaw Stacy Jane Grover by pre-ordering her book.

[Robert Gipe @robert_gipe]

@julieraepowers @AppalachStudies @CarterSickels Look y’all. I caught a bug.

[Robert Gipe @robert_gipe]

@ChrisMcGinley12 @AppalachStudies @mgnlcs @McelmurrayKaren Thank you for including me in this great session.

[Robert Gipe @robert_gipe]

@ChrisMcGinley12 @mgnlcs @McelmurrayKaren I am

[Robert Gipe @robert_gipe]

I am deeply flawed and can provide documentation/references upon request. This kind of expectation raising leaves me very uncomfortable. But thank you, @pludger, for the kind words.

[Leah Hampton @pludger]

"Gipe possesses one of the largest personalities, skillsets, and hearts in all of Appalachia, and perhaps the known universe." A perfect summation of one of our most perfect people.