Interview with Isabel Reddy, author of "That You Remember"

The Appalachian Gurus

Isabel Reddy began her career in clinical research as a science writer. She has been a guest columnist for numerous newspapers, and holds an MFA in Writing from Goddard College. She lives in North Carolina with her husband and her German shepherd, Mac.

Reddy is the daughter of a past president of the coal company, Pittston Coal, responsible for the Buffalo Creek disaster. She was inspired to write That You Remember after unexpectedly receiving all her late father’s desk diaries. She found her muse and the title to her novel after seeing a YouTube video of a survivor reading their poem, a poem that repeated the words, “I’ve forgotten… I’ve forgotten… I swear damn it, I can’t forget.”

That You Remember is her first novel.

Links: Belle Isle Books: https://www.belleislebooks.com/isabelreddy.html

That You Remember website:

https://thatyouremember.com/

Care More podcast: “Unseen Negative Impacts of Coal Mining”: https://circleb.co/blogs/caremorebebetter/the-unseen-negative-impacts-of-coal-mining-with-isabel-reddy-author-of-that-you-remember

Q&A with Deborah Kalb: https://deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2023/06/q-with-isabel-reddy.html

Women Writers online article: “I found my Muse in a Video” https://booksbywomen.org/i-found-my-muse-in-a-video-here-are-four-things-she-taught-me-about-inspiration/

“Memory and Hope: Legacies of a Coal Mine Disaster” article published in five print Appalachian newspapers: https://www.news-expressky.com/news/opinion/memory-and-hope-legacies-of-a-coal-mining-disaster/article_2e11e4ba-2fe3-11ee-839a-0316c2699d7b.html
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