Jason Kyle Howard
Jason Kyle Howard is an American political journalist and culture writer, and is the senior ideas editor at Salon.com.[1]
Early life and education
Howard was born in Pineville, Kentucky, and graduated from The George Washington University with a BA in Political Communication in 2003. He holds an MA in history from the University of Kentucky and an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts.[1][2][3]
Career
Writing and editing
From 2004 to 2005, Howard served as senior editor and staff writer for Equal Justice Magazine, a national quarterly published by Legal Services Corporation.[3]
His first book, co-written with Silas House, Something's Rising: Appalachians Fighting Mountaintop Removal, was published in 2009 by the University Press of Kentucky. It examines the controversial practice of mountaintop removal coal mining through the lives of 13 activists including folk singer Jean Ritchie, country music singer Kathy Mattea, bestselling novelist and former West Virginia gubernatorial candidate Denise Giardina, 2003 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Julia "Judy" Bonds, and others.[4] Something's Rising was called "a revelatory work" by the historian Studs Terkel[citation needed] and received praise from Publishers Weekly,[citation needed] Booklist,[citation needed] the Washington Times,[citation needed] and other media outlets.[4]
Howard's follow-up, A Few Honest Words: The Kentucky Roots of Popular Music, was released in 2012 by the University Press of Kentucky and explores how Kentucky's culture, geography, history, and storytelling traditions have influenced American music through the work of musicians including Naomi Judd, Joan Osborne, Dwight Yoakam, Nappy Roots, Matraca Berg, Jim James, and other songwriters and musicians.[5]
Howard's writing has been featured in New York Times,[6] The Atlantic,[7] POLITICO Magazine,[8] The New Republic,[9] Washington Monthly,[10] Oxford American,[11] Town & Country,[12] Garden & Gun,[13] Sojourners,[14] and numerous other publications.
From 2013 to 2025 Howard served as editor of Appalachian Review, formerly Appalachian Heritage, a literary quarterly based at Berea College.[2]
In 2025 he became senior ideas editor for Salon.com, where he writes about the Democratic Party's efforts to construct a winning message and agenda, and how politicians use political rhetoric to influence public opinion and shape the American people's perception of political and cultural moments.[1]
Academic career
Howard has taught at Berea College since 2013[2] He also serves on the faculty of Spalding University's Naslund-Mann Graduate School of Writing.[15]
Personal life
Howard is a gay man who has written about LGBTQ life in America and the South.[16] He is married to the novelist Silas House.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Jason Kyle Howard". Salon.com. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Mr. Jason Kyle Howard". Berea College. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "About". Jason Kyle Howard. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Something's Rising". University Press of Kentucky. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
- ↑ "A Few Honest Words". University Press of Kentucky. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
- ↑ Howard, Jason (November 6, 2019). "The Kentucky Governor's Race Was An Anomaly". New York Times. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
- ↑ Howard, Jason (June 17, 2022). "Perfume Genius Sings the Body Electric". The Atlantic. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
- ↑ Howard, Jason (February 22, 2025). "Was 'Little House on the Prairie' Woke? The Answer Explains American Politics". POLITICO Magazine. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
- ↑ Howard, Jason (June 25, 2023). "The War On LGBTQ People Being Waged In Rural America". The New Republic. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
- ↑ Howard, Jason (April 3, 2024). "Dump Kamala Harris? She's Joe Biden's Secret Weapon". Washington Monthly. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
- ↑ Howard, Jason (August 23, 2022). "Warrior in Crinolines: Naomi Judd represented the best of Kentucky". Oxford American. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
- ↑ Howard, Jason (November 5, 2023). "How a Globetrotting Designer Reinvented a Louisville Victorian". Town & Country. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
- ↑ Howard, Jason (May 13, 2025). "Saving the Farm: How One Southern Family Has Long Championed the Radical Power of Rural Life". Garden & Gun. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
- ↑ Howard, Jason (July 2011). "Where Her Heart Is". Sojourners. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
- ↑ "Directory". Spalding University. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
- ↑ Howard, Jason (December 5, 2023). "The Feel of the Flames". Winter 2023 (123). Oxford American. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
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