Dr. Meredith McCarroll joins the ROI team to discuss "Appalachian Reckoning." McCarroll is the co-editor of this book. It is a collection of essays and creative work from people who live in the Appalachian. McCarroll is English Director of Writing and Rhetoric, Director of the First-Year Writing Seminar Program, and a Lecturer in English at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.

BONUS: Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds

In this weekly show, hosts John Kealey and Jay Swords examine events of history through the discussion of books, journal articles, papers, and presentations, then historians and history buffs ask the question, what is relevant or irrelevant in today’s world.

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