Resource Roundup #77
For the week of June 9th.
Happy Friday Folks,
A few things:
If you have yet to get your tickets to Good Folk Fest, coming up on July 1st at the Haw River Ballroom in Saxapahaw, NC, now is the time. Learn more about each artist and get tickets here.
We also dropped an excellent new pod episode with poet and writer KB Brookins this week, talking all about climate, disaster, the South, and art’s role in reimagining the future. Give it a listen and get KB’s new book, Freedom House.
It’s summer in the South, y’all.
I’m a huge White Stripes fan, so it’s no surprise to anyone that I dug into the Meg White profile in Elle this week. Lots of great photos and anecdotes here, even if the author was never able to get in contact with Meg herself.
Happy pride month. I’ve said it before and I’ll keep saying it, but the South has the largest population of LGBTQIA+ individuals in the country. We’re here. We’ve always been here. Celebrate by pre-ordering this awesome new collection, edited by Zane McNeill and Rebecca Scott, Deviant Hollers: Queering Appalachian Ecologies for a Sustainable Future, out for release in 2024 from Kentucky Press.
It took me a long time to realize I do want a quiet life. This piece makes me feel less apologetic for that.
Nicole Young in Scalawag on disaster capitalism, climate change, and the campaign to sell Black New Orleans.
My local paper, Indy Week, is hiring two North Carolina-based reporting fellows. Sounds like a great gig!
Via The Assembly, how whitewater rafting became an industry in North Carolina.
And via Virginia Public Radio, what’s next for opponents of the Mountain Valley Pipeline?