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This effort coincides with the release of The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women: Stories of Landscape and Community in the Mountain South.
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BPR hosted a table at WCU's Mini-Mountain Heritage to collect and share the stories of Appalachian women. -
A new partnership between BPR and the Foxfire Museum is collecting oral histories about the experiences of Appalachian women. The partnership is in conjunction with a new book – “The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women: Stories of Landscape and Community in the Mountain South.”Foxfire Museum curator and director of education Kami Ahrens edited the book. The final chapter features Kaye Carver Collins, a resident of Rabun County, Georgia whom Ahrens said is emblematic of Foxfire.
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Blue Ridge Public Radio is partnering with Foxfire Mountain Heritage Museum to launch a campaign to collect oral histories about women in Appalachia. The effort coincides with the release of a new book, "The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women: Stories of Landscape and Community in the Mountain South."
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BPR's new community collaborative event series “BPR Amplifies” launches April 15 with the station’s ongoing partner Foxfire Mountain Heritage Museum.
