This week on Finding the Throughline I’m talking with Denali Sai Nalamalapu, a climate organizer, comic artist, and a writer who brought these three strands of their life together in their brand new book, “Holler: A Graphic Memoir of Rural Resistance, which tells the story of six frontline resistors to the Mountain Valley pipeline in Appalachia. Denali is from Southern Maine and Southern India and currently lives in Southwest Virginia.

In this episode, we cover:

- Landing on the genre that combines multiple threads from your life
- Combining climate activism, communication skills, and a love of comics
- Making climate activism relevant to regular folks who are busy living their lives
- Denali's two favorite hiking trails
- Embracing the power of being stubborn
- The morning routine that helps Denali prioritize time for creative work

Connect with Denali on Instagram @denalisai or at danali-sai.com.

For full show notes with links to everything we discuss, plus bonus photos!, visit katehanley.substack.com.

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