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Emily Hilliard

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Emily Hilliard is a folklorist, writer, and media producer based at Berea College. Her book, Making Our Future: Visionary Folklore and Everyday Culture in Appalachia, was published by the University of North Carolina Press in 2022, and was named a finalist for the 2022 nonfiction Weatherford Award for books “best illuminating the challenges, personalities, and unique qualities of the Appalachian South.” Her writing and media work have been published by NPR, Oxford American, Southern Cultures, Jacobin, and The Bitter Southerner, among others. Find more at emilyehilliard.com.

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	Making Our Future: Visionary Folklore and Everyday Culture in Appalachia 4.44 avg rating — 84 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	55 Strong: Inside the West Virginia Teachers' Strike by Elizabeth Catte, Emily Hilliard (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jessica Salfia (Editor) 4.53 avg rating — 40 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The West Virginia Pepperoni Roll by Candace Nelson, Emily Hilliard (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Ecotone Almanac by Samiya Bashir (Goodreads Author), Lauren Camp (Goodreads Author), ShaLeigh Comerford 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Folk Songs from the West Virginia Hills by Patrick W. Gainer, Emily Hilliard (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1975 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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