Emily Hilliard is a folklorist, writer, and media producer based at Berea College. Her book, Making Our Future: Visionary Folklore and Everyday Culture in Appalachia, was published by the University of North Carolina Press in 2022, and was named a finalist for the 2022 nonfiction Weatherford Award for books “best illuminating the challenges, personalities, and unique qualities of the Appalachian South.” Her writing and media work have been published by NPR, Oxford American, Southern Cultures, Jacobin, and The Bitter Southerner, among others. Find more at emilyehilliard.com.