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Bulletin #56
The Non-fiction Feature: The Injustice of Place by Kathryn Edin, Luke Shaefer, and Timothy Nelson
The Poetry Spot: Affrilachia by Frank X. Walker
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Affrilachia
Walker is a Kentucky-based writer, and Affrilachia is a beautiful collection of poems; shedding light on Appalachian life is one thing, and Walker brings the focus closer on what it is like to be black–and often poor–in this historically fraught region.
The Injustice of Place
How the poorest places in the U.S.–rural communities–all share a history of resource extraction and human exploitation.
Bulletin #55
The Non-fiction Feature: In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
The Children’s Spot: Our World of Dumplings by Francie Dekker and Sarah Jung
The Product Spot: Healthy soil for your garden – University of Minnesota
Healthy soil for your garden – University of Minnesota
If you are a novice gardener (like myself), these are some really useful tips about what type of organic matter to add, how to rotate crops, and different plant families. Happy gardening!
Our World of Dumplings
Children in an apartment complex travel from apartment to apartment to see what people are making for a dumpling festival, and the findings are delicious.
In Defense of Food
How the Western diet came to be, how it damaged us, and how we can fix it.
Firekeeper’s Daughter
A crime thriller that is also a survey of struggles: between identities, families, cultures, and the groups we form.
Killers of the Flower Moon
A story from the 1920s, about how the world’s richest people were becoming the world’s most murdered.