Episode #6
Episode 6 - Into Inheritance with Carolyn Finney
Carolyn Finney , PhD is a storyteller, author, and cultural geographer. A Fulbright Scholar, a Canon National Parks Science Scholar, and recipient of a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Environmental Studies, she has served on the U.S. National Parks Advisory Board, and has held positions at Wellesley College, the University of California, Berkeley , as well as the University of Kentucky . She was awarded the Alexander and Ilse Melamid Medal from the American Geographical Society. She has published pieces in BESIDE , The Guardian , and the New York Times and has essays published in the anthologies Nature Swagger: Stories and Visions of Black Joy in the Outdoors (edited by Rue Mapp, November, 2022) and A Darker Wilderness: Black Nature Writing from Soil to Stars (edited by Erin Sharkey). Her first book, Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors, was released in 2014. Mentioned in this episode: Milkweed Editions A Darker Wilderness : Black Nature Writing from Soil to Stars , by Erin Sharkey The Artist’s Way The Acreage at Osceola Horst Rechelbacher Priscilla Solis Ybarra Hayden Planetarium Sylvia’s An Inconvenient Truth LGBTQ culture in the Philippines Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian’s Journey Home , by Chris La Tray Prompt for Writing and/or Living What are the rules you imagine in a place that you’ve spent time in, that you’ve visited, but most importantly, in a place that you’ve loved?
