Alice Driver is a James Beard Award&ndash\ ;winning writer and translator from the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas. The e xplosive exposé\; Life and Death of the American Worker: The Imm igrants Taking on America&rsquo\;s Largest Meatpacking Company covers over a decade in the lives of Tyson workers across several plants in Arka nsas\, offering an inspiring tale of the sacrifice and resilience of the i mmigrants who prepare our food. \;
\nBoyce Upholt is a journalis t and essayist whose writing has appeared in The Atlantic\, N ational Geographic\, the Oxford American\, and Virginia Quarterly Review\, among other publications. The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi is a sweeping history that te lls the story of the Mississippi River&mdash\;and the centuries of human m eddling that have transformed both it and America.
\nModerator: Mich ael Hibblen
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