Wild, Tamed, Lost & Revived Book Talk with UNC Press and Malaprops

ON-SITE | Thursday, September 5, 6-7:30 pm

During this book talk, participants will have the opportunity to listen to Diane read portions of her book, ask questions, and have their book signed. Book sales will be available before and after the event and participants are welcome to bring their own book from home as well.

In this comprehensive food history, Diane Flynt takes readers on a surprising journey through time and the American South, all through the lens of the humble apple, beginning in the colonial era and leading to present day, highlighting Indigenous and enslaved peoples’ contributions to Southern apples and ending with her own experiences as a James Beard-nominated cider maker. For anyone who’s ever picked an apple fresh from the tree or enjoyed a glass of cider, writer and orchardist Diane Flynt offers a new history of the apple and how it changed the South and the nation. Showing how southerners cultivated over 2,000 apple varieties from Virginia to Mississippi, Flynt shares surprising stories of a fruit that was central to the region for over 200 years. Alongside unexpected apple history, Flynt traces the arc of her own journey as a pioneering farmer in the southern Appalachians who planted cider apples never grown in the region and founded the first modern cidery in the South. Flynt threads her own story with archival research and interviews with orchardists, farmers, cidermakers, and more. The result is not only the definitive story of apples in the South but also a new way to challenge our notions of history.

Register for this book talk here!

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