Those Who Carry Us

A timely and whole-hearted poetry collection by acclaimed author and Poet Laureate of Kentucky Silas House, including the poem read at Governor Andy Beshears 2023 inauguration. Silas House is known throughout the Southeast as a quintessential person of lettersa novelist, a music journalist, environmental activist, and columnistand now Poet Laureate of Kentucky. His first full-length collection of poetry blends his Appalachian upbringing and ongoing relation to the natural world with his keen observation of his surrounding culture. Returning to his touchstone subjects, Silas recalls wild places, echoes stories from a lingering and living past, and explores an abiding connection to family, friends, and fellow artists.