Friday, June 28, 2019

Quick hits: New poet laureate is first Native American for the post; Pride event at small-town Ky. library draws opposition

Here's a roundup of stories with rural resonance; if you do or see similar work that should be shared on The Rural Blog, email us at heather.chapman@uky.edu.

Can we move away from fossil fuels without destroying communities that rely on them? Sam Adler Bell looks to the devastated coalfields of Appalachia: https://newint.org/features/2019/04/09/life-after-coal

Joy Harjo has been named the U.S. poet laureate, making her the first Native American to fill the post: https://www.npr.org/2019/06/19/733727917/joy-harjo-becomes-the-first-native-american-u-s-poet-laureate

Some residents in small Kentucky town opposed a LGBTQ+ "Pride Panel" at a local public library. https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2019/06/19/lgbtq-pride-panel-kentucky-library-stirs-controversy/1497484001/

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