Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
He’s a writer with family roots in the southern mountains of Appalachia going back almost three hundred years. We speak with Ron Rash, often called ‘the chronicler of Modern Appalachia” about his work as a poet and novelist. Plus we explore the evolution of popular perceptions of Appalachia.
Guests
- Ron Rash Author, "Chemistry and Other Stories" (Picador); and John Parris Chair in Appalachian Studies, Western Carolina University
- Shaunna Scott Professor of Sociology, University of Kentucky; President, Appalachian Studies Association
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