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0000017b-01f0-d19f-ab7b-19f504c50002A mobile storytelling project from WKAR Current State, Residential College in the Arts and Humanities at MSU, and community partners.

Pop-Up Story: ‘The Miracle of Canning’

WKAR Public Media
Published October 6, 2015 at 2:34 PM EDT
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Now it’s time for another story from Current State’s first Pop-Up Stories at Allen Market Place on September 9.

We had a great lineup of storytellers telling their tales about being “Hungry & Fed.”

Here is MSU Center for Poetry Director Anita Skeen telling her story about canning summer produce with her family in West Virginia.
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