Interview | Meredith McCarroll

In this week’s episode, Kendra chats Meredith McCarroll, the author of Appalachian Reckoning, which is out now from West Virginia University Press.

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West Virginia University Press, 2019

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Things Mentioned

• Interview with Elizabeth Catte

• Interview with Leah Hampton

• Interview with Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle

• Black in Appalachia

• Appodlachia

• @ReadAppalachia on Instagram

Books Mentioned

• Unwhite: Appalachia, Race, and Film by Meredith McCarroll

• Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy edited by Anthony Harkins and Meredith McCarroll

Meredith Recommends

• F*ckface and other Stories by Leah Hampton

• Even As We Breathe by Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle

• When These Mountains Burn by David Joy

• What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia by Elizabeth Catte

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Author Bio

Meredith McCarroll was born and raised in Waynesville, North Carolina. She graduated from Appalachian State University, and later earned a Masters from Simmons College and a PhD from University of Tennessee. She lives now in Portland, Maine and is Director of Writing and Rhetoric at Bowdoin College.

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Music by Isaac Greene