In this video, Melissa Wyatt and I cover a lot of ground. 



Here are some of the major things we talk about: 



01:25: Where she’s from 04:05 Defining rural 07:12 Becoming a writer 08:24 Crafting people and places that aren’t where you’re from 10:14 Who gets to write rural stories 14:31 Disrupting and nuancing dominant narratives 21:30 Considering narratives of leaving, class, &amp; rurality 34:24 What she likes to read 41:47 Her writing process 53:59 Advice to writers







Author Talk: Melissa Wyatt

: Where she’s from 04:05 Defining rural 07:12 Becoming a writer 08:24 Crafting people and places that aren’t where you’re from 10:14 Who gets to write rural stories 14:31 Disrupting and nuancing dominant narratives 21:30 Considering narratives of leaving, class, &amp; rurality 34:24 What she likes to read 41:47 Her writing process 53:59 Advice to writers

RRYAL: Carly Heath’s The Reckless Kind 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.