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Emily Hilliard
Folklorist, Writer, Media Producer
Website
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Making Our Future: Visionary Folklore and Everyday Culture in Appalachia
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Bitter Southerner: What is Folklore Today?
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Something Deeply Rooted: The Invisible Landscape of Breece D'J Pancake's Milton, West Virginia
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SPINSTER Website
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True Leveller Radio Past Episodes
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SPINSTER Bandcamp
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Making Our Future Merch
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Garden & Gun: West Virginia's Winter Wonderland
BELT Magazine Interview: Wild & Wonderful Folklore of West Virginia
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Chapter 16: "Traditions Are Elastic: Making Our Future Offers Visionary Folklore of Appalachia"
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Large Hearted Boy: MAKING OUR FUTURE Playlist
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Songlines Magazine: SPINSTER Profile
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Daily Yonder: Q&A
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Dissent: Students of the Strikes
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Folklife Today: Rural Free Delivery
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Folkways Foodways Playlist by SPINSTER
Bandcamp Daily: The Female Bob Dylan
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Making Our Future excerpt