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, & rurality
- 34:24 What she likes to read
- 41:47 Her writing process
- 53:59 Advice to writers
Dr. Parton's Literacy In Place 