Assessing Future Flood Response And Turning To Poetry In Grief, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, after two deadly flooding events this year, lawmakers are working to better understand the state’s capacity to respond to those events – especially against the backdrop of FEMA’s uncertain future.

And, following his wife’s death, an Appalachian poet began writing. The result is A Sharper Silence, a book that explores both nature and his marriage.

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Maria Young produced this episode.

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