Book Launch with Denali Nalamalapu
Venue: Blacksburg Books, Blacksburg
Date: Saturday, May 24, 2025
Time: 7:00 - 8:30 PM
Event Types: Miscellaneous, Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free
Description:
Blacksburg Books presents Book Launch with Denali Nalamalapu on Saturday, May 24, 2025.

Denali Nalamalapu’s Holler is a debut graphic memoir and living history of climate justice—based on the stories of six frontline resisters to the Mountain Valley Pipeline in Appalachia, offering a portrait of the diverse people and places of Appalachia, and the creation of a hopeful movement. Holler shares the stories of six ordinary people who became resistors of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a project that spans approximately 300 miles from northwestern West Virginia to southern Virginia, a teacher, a single mother, a nurse, an organizer, a photographer, and a seed keeper.

Blacksburg Books will host the launch of Holler in which Denali will speak about the process of writing the book and how the book relates to the growing movement to stop fossil fuels and build a livable future.

Denali will be joined by one of the activists featured in the book, Desiree Flores Shelley. Shelley is a transdisciplinary researcher, ecologist, environmental and conservation educator and community organizer. Currently, she serves as a Indigenous Knowledge and Data Specialist for the Indigenous Conservation Council for the Chesapeake Bay and is pursuing a PhD in Plant and Environmental Science at Virginia Tech. Her academic research has centered on the nexus between Indigenous language revitalization and traditional foodways, as well as historical Indigenous land use and food forests practices in Appalachia and the applications of Indigenous knowledge in modern agroecology conservation and restoration efforts.

Admission is free and no reservations are needed.

Blacksburg Books is located at 401 South Main Street, Suite 106 in Blacksburg, VA.

For more information, visit: https://www.blacksburgbooks.com/events/r13onb08vlx29b2i4cqy8detv1rdkf or https://www.facebook.com/Blacksburg.Books or https://www.instagram.com/blacksburg_books/ or call 540-315-9650.