Professor Portelli is professor of American Literature at the University of Rome. His most recent book, They Say in Harlan County: An Oral History, is based on more than 30 years of interviews with 150 Harlan County men and women who tell the story of their region from pioneer times, through the dramatic mining strikes of the 1930s and 1970s, up to the present.
For further information, visit
http://uknow.uky.edu/content/they-say-harlan-county , or contact Esther Edwards at eedwards@email.uky.edu .