Resource Roundup #18
For the week of August 20th.
Are you from a rural community or the American South? Share your story with us to be published in an upcoming newsletter!
Storms, rain, August. Heat like a swamp. I am ready for fall. It is almost here.
This story by Noah Canto on The South section of Joyland Magazine is captivating.
Donna Kallner in The Daily Yonder with a field guide to rural constituencies. I really love The Daily Yonder, they’re always publishing great stuff. Highly recommend their newsletter as well.
The Believer has an essay by Casey Jarman about the rise and fall Pacific Northwest logging culture, Buzz Martin, and the community-driven force that is folk music.
High Country News with writing by Jane C. Hu about climate change, wildfires, and the love of hiking.
yes yes yes:
Southerly is looking for your favorite Southern swimming holes. It’s a lifestyle down here, y’all.
If you have any great Southern gothic artists, please send them my way. I want this print framed in my house:
Southwest Virginia and the fight to establish rural hospitals, via 100 Days in Appalachia.
They aren’t wrong:
OK, see you next week when I am week one of year two of teaching down. Wish me luck for that 6am drive through the hills and the fog.