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Local food

Ben Epperson, Coordinator of Beardsley Community Farm, discusses some issues of local food resources based on the memoir Animal, vegetable, miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. "Animal, vegetable, miracle is an important story for all of us," says Epperson, "especially here in East Tennessee where our growing season can last up to 10 months." (Recorded July 15, 2009)

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Melissa Brenneman

Melissa listens to hours of podcasts on most days. She started the habit with the intention of taking long walks, but podcasts proved to be more addicting than exercise. She records, edits and mixes podcasts for the library.

Alan May

Alan May works as a librarian at Lawson McGhee Library. He holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Alabama. In his spare time, he reads and writes poetry. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in The New York Quarterly, The Hollins Critic, The Idaho Review, DIAGRAM, and others. He has published three books of poetry.