Courtney Balestier

Courtney Balestier is a writer whose work focuses on the intersection of place and identity, particularly in her native Appalachia. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker online, Lucky Peach, Oxford American and elsewhere. She is also the host of WMFA, a new podcast about writing.

BookmarkedApril 13, 2017

Courtney Balestier’s Five Multigenerational Cultural Narratives

By Courtney Balestier

My work explores the intersection of place and identity, so I am drawn to stories that create atmospheres both physical and cultural—that investigate the embedded, omnipotent role that our collective histories, and the places where they’ve unfolded, play in our lives.