Rolling Pepperoni went to Dr. Lou Martin of Chatham University, a leading scholar on Appalachian history and labor, to discuss what Appalachia was, is and how we are studying the diverse culture.
When I think of summer evenings watching fireflies, I think of my mother ready with a mason jar to catch one. When I think of the smell of homemade bread, I think of my aunt tirelessly baking in the kitchen. When I think of the protection of our natural world, the end of mountaintop removal, I think of the women leading the charge.
“I think it’s my responsibility as a woman of Appalachia to exist as loudly as I can in opposition to the men that talk about my home as if they know her.” -Odana Chaney
Odana is a sixth-generation Appalachian woman. She runs a doggy daycare in conjunction with a nonprofit animal food pantry in Culloden, WV and is a published poet.
