Launching Worthy Ground Book Club
Each month, we’ll invite a guest from across our regional ecosystem to recommend a piece of reading that has shaped how they think about Appalachia, resilience, and long-term recovery. These selections won’t just be books- they may also include articles, essays, or journal pieces that help us reflect more deeply on the histories, relationships, and ideas shaping our region.
Our first recommendation comes from Lauren Sowers, Communications Manager at Invest Appalachia, who selected Even As We Breathe by Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle.
We are on Worthy Ground.
My life has been marked by floods and recovery, a series of events that have shaped me the same way water shapes stone. Like the rocks in our creeks, worn smooth until they look soft, I have been weathered by rising waters. On the surface, that wear can seem gentle, but inside it has hardened and reshaped me into a word I once resisted but now carry with pride: resilient.