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Nancy's Bookshelf: North State writer Helen Valborg’s memoir recounts time spent in rural Greece when she was young

North State writer Helen Valborg was born in California but always felt a stronger tie to the ancient world than the culture she grew up in.

Following significant life changes, she moved to Greece and lived among descendants of the ancient parts warriors she dreamed of as a child.

Also, Nancy's Bookshelf presents a new segment called The Writer's Room, featuring short segments by North State authors.

That includes:

Robert Chancey
Poem "Doing Bleak”

Sybil Hunt
Poem “Hello Liz”

Anthony Peyton Porter
“Inside Out”

Episode #694

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Nancy Wiegman has a master's degree in French linguistics from Indiana University and taught yoga and foreign languages at CSU Fresno and the College of Charleston before moving to Chico in 1990.
Matt Fidler is a producer and sound designer with over 15 years’ experience producing nationally distributed public radio programs. He has worked for shows such as Freakonomics Radio, Selected Shorts, Studio 360, The New Yorker Radio Hour and The Takeaway. In 2017, Matt launched the language podcast Very Bad Words, hitting the #28 spot in the iTunes podcast charts.