Turn! Turn! Turn! PDX presents

An Afternoon of Experiments with Tradition

Making Our Future Reading: Emily Hilliard in Conversation with Kate Lebo

Music by Marisa Anderson and The Horsenecks

A future-focused, materialist and collaborative approach to cultural work is what Emily Hillard, state folklorist of West Virginia, offers in Making our Future: Visionary Folklore and Everyday Culture in Appalachia. From diverse examples such as a teacher’s strike, a multiracial coal camp community, and the tradition of independent pro-wrestling, Hilliard paints a picture of folklore as a unifying concept that puts diverse cultural forms in conversation, one that creates a framework that helps us understand our past and shape our future. In conversation with Katy Clune, Director of the Virginia Humanities’ Folklife Program.

Celebrate the release of Making Our Future: Visionary Folklore and Everyday Culture in Appalachia by Emily Hilliard and enjoy an Appalachian feast prepared by local chef and baker Leah Gore of Jack the microbakery, with tunes by Drone School DJs in Kin Ship Goods' new event space The Snack Institute!

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/making-our-future-release-party-and-appalachian-feast-by-chef-leah-gore-tickets-463763929397

Meet folklorist, media producer, and writer Emily Hilliard at WordPlay on Thursday, December 1, at 6:30 pm, for an author reading and signing of her new book, Making Our Future: Visionary Folklore and Everyday Culture in Appalachia. Event is free and open to the public; no reservations required. Copies of Hilliard’s book will be available for purchase and signing at the event. The book can also be purchased online at bookshop.org/shop/wordplay.

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