<p>This video discusses Carpenter&#8217;s short story, &#8220;Close Enough&#8221; what it means to be from somewhere, and why folks may or may not claim a place as &#8220;theirs&#8221;.</p>



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RRYAL: Nora Shalaway Carpenter’s Rural Voices Episode 3

This podcast serves as a repository for the audio from my Reading Rural YAL YouTube videos. It's for folks who don't have time to sit for a video but can listen on a walk, during their commutes, or while folding all that laundry that's just been calling their name.