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Podcast: The Talking Appalachian Podcast
Episode: Mamaw's Story: Hear Her Oral History in Her Own Words (Quoted in the Atlantic)
Description: What did you think of this episode?This episode grows out of a moment earlier this year, when my great-grandmother’s words appeared in The Atlantic in a January 6 article by Annie Joy Williams on Appalachian speech and memory. But long before her voice was quoted on a national stage, it was part of our family’s oral history, spoken in her accent and in her words.In this episode, I share more of her story. She talks about growing up on the mountain, birch sapping in the spring, and the rituals of courtin’ in a worl...