2018: A Shattered Town and an Unlikely Heroine

2018: A Shattered Town and an Unlikely Heroine

What turns a small-town mom into an environmental activist and whistle-blower? That’s the question at the heart of Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America, the troubling and evocative new book by poet and investigative journalist ELIZA GRISWOLD. When fracking first came to Amity, Pennsylvania, lifelong resident Stacey Haney was on board. But as she watched the energy companies deface the land and as mysterious illnesses infected her family, she became an outspoken critic. Griswold will talk about Haney, her town, and the polarizing forces at work in twenty-first-century rural America.

Read more about Eliza Griswold here.