North Words, December 2023 - A Book's Impact on a North Country School

In this episode of North Words from NCPR, we chat with Kelsey Francis. The English teacher at Saranac Lake High School was so taken with Barbara Kingsolver's recent novel, Demon Copperhead, that she helped organize an effort to have the school's entire staff read and discuss it. Francis wrote a letter to Kingsolver to let her know how relevant the book's themes were to the North Country. But that wasn't the end of it - Kingsolver wrote back, and asked a favor of Francis. Later, Shankar Vedantam of public radio's Hidden Brain joins us to talk about the show's recent month-long series "Healing 2.0." And we'll meet Tiffany Soricelli. The Crane School of Music graduate had planned a life in vocal performance, but her career today is all about helping musicians and other artists better manage their finances. From North Creek to South Colton, from Old Forge to New Bremen, North Words host Mitch Teich brings you interviews, on-site recordings, and special features that remind us what makes the North Country region so special. WCNY Community FM is pleased to present this monthly show from our colleagues at North Country Public Radio.