Country Roads: Modern Appalachia

Country Roads: Modern Appalachia

Room: Tansky Family Commons, 1st Floor

Building: Hillman Library at University of Pittsburgh

Time: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Pre-registration: Closes on Thursday, 5/28, at 12 PM. Pre-registered attendees will receive priority seating. Walk-ins are welcome if capacity allows.

Books: After the presentation, attendees are welcome to purchase a book and/or get their book signed outside of the Tansky Family Commons.

Special Note: Registrants must be 18 years old or older or accompanied by a guardian for all programs at Hillman Library at the University of Pittsburgh.

Moderator: Natalie Brown

Description

Discover the nuanced lives and activist roots of Appalachia. Denali Sai Nalamalapu, C. Aluka Berry, Julia Flint, and Dani Lamorte share experiences that confront the stereotypes associated with the region with their diverse and complex narratives of those living in Appalachia.

Author Biographies

Denali Sai Nalamalapu (they/them) is the author of Holler: A Graphic Memoir of Rural Resistance. They are a climate organizer and comic artist living in Southwest Virginia, originally from Southern Maine and Southern India.

C. Aluka Berry is a documentary photographer based in the Appalachian Mountains of NC. His photographs are held in permanent collections at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Asheville Art Museum, and the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.

Julia Flint is a writer from the Appalachian Rust Belt. With a background in qualitative research, she has worked as a research assistant for education and community health projects and as an instructor with the Ohio University Global Health Initiative. She has called Pittsburgh home since 2024.

Dani Lamorte is a Pittsburgh-based artist who writes, performs, and makes photographic images.

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