Urban Swimming Holes & the Politics of Public Space

Hannah S. Palmer is a writer and artist from the Southside of Atlanta. Through essays, memoir, and public art projects, she explores how hidden histories and wildness shape our lives in the urban landscape. Her memoir Flight Path: A Search for Roots beneath the World's Busiest Airport was included on Atlanta Magazine’s list of “essential books that explain today’s Atlanta.” Palmer’s social practice includes projects like Finding the Flint, a campaign to restore the Flint Rivers headwaters under the world’s busiest airport; Atlanta Creek League, Ghost Pools, and The Department of Urban Springs. Her new book, The Pool Is Closed: Segregation, Summertime, and the Search for a Place to Swim was published by LSU Press in October 2024.

Copies of Ms. Palmer's book The Pool Is Closed: Segregation, Summertime, and the Search for a Place to Swim will be available for purchase. Light snacks and refreshments will be provided.

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