This is a place for literary journalism focusing on Kentucky, home of 95 percent of the world's bourbon and most of its best people.

Welcome to Bourbon Story by me, Michael Lindenberger. Kentucky native, student of bourbon, politics, and writing that changes lives. Winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize. Attention payer. Feeler of emotions. Champion of the weird, the beautiful and the outmatched.

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