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Lush language abounds in new book about nature's splendor in the 'Wild South’

Georgann Eubanks
photos by Donna Campbell

Spring in the South brings a bevy of sights and sounds. In a new book, Georgann Eubanks chronicles fifteen natural phenomena from across the region that are simultaneously routine and breathtaking.

Eubanks joins Due South’s Leoneda Inge to talk about The Fabulous Ordinary: Discovering the Natural Wonders of the Wild South.

Guest

Georgann Eubanks, author of

Leoneda Inge is the co-host of ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾'s "Due South." Leoneda has been a radio journalist for more than 30 years, spending most of her career at ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾ as the Race and Southern Culture reporter. Leoneda’s work includes stories of race, slavery, memory and monuments. She has won "Gracie" awards, an Alfred I. duPont Award and several awards from the Radio, Television, Digital News Association (RTDNA). In 2017, Leoneda was named "Journalist of Distinction" by the National Association of Black Journalists.
Rachel McCarthy is a producer for "Due South." She previously worked at ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾ as a producer for "The Story with Dick Gordon." More recently, Rachel was podcast managing editor at Capitol Broadcasting Company where she developed narrative series and edited a daily podcast. She also worked at "The Double Shift" podcast as supervising producer. Rachel learned about audio storytelling at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. Prior to working in audio journalism, she was a research assistant at the Aspen Institute in Washington, DC.