Beginning Again

Stories of Movement and Migration in Appalachia

Katrina M. Powell, Nikki Giovanni

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Haymarket Books
18 September 2024

Social discrimination; Migration, immigration & emigration; Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies; Marxism & Communism; Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies

First-person narratives of refugees, immigrants, and generations-long residents in Appalachia, highlighting how spaces of belonging, home, and connection are created in the face of displacement, extraction, and structural oppression.

adds to the growing body of works that counter damaging myths of Appalachia, illustrating that the region and its people have always been impacted by movement and migration.

presents a nuanced portrait of life in contemporary Appalachia and asks how might we ensure equity, both for people who have lived in Appalachia for generations and for those newly arrived.

Introduction by: Nikki Giovanni
Edited by: Katrina M. Powell
Imprint: Haymarket Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9798888901397
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 18 September 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Katrina M. Powell is Professor of Rhetoric and Writing and founding director of the Center for Refugee, Migrant, and Displacement Studies at Virginia Tech. Her research focuses on displacement narratives. She is cofounder of the digital-born oral history initiative, VTStories.org, founding editor of the journal Roots and Resettlement, and codirector of Monuments Across Appalachian Virginia. Poet Nikki Giovanni was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, and grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. Since 1987, she has been on the faculty of Virginia Tech, where she is a University Distinguished Professor.