Book Talk and Signing with Kate Medley

Join us on Friday, December 15th at Letters Bookshop for a talk and book signing with photographer Kate Medley. She will be there to talk about her book project: Thank You, Please Come Again, the documentation of Kate’s many road trips across the South photographing our service stations, convenience stores, and quick stops. Along the way, Kate pulls over for tamales, fried fish, and banh mi, but her images uncover the people and landmarks that supply far more than food and gas.

To keep things running smoothly the day of the signing, books may be ordered in advance of the talk here!

In an ever more divided America, these iconic gathering spaces provide unexpected community, generosity, labor, and creativity. Are these rural and urban pit stops the true “filling stations” of our time? In words and nearly 200 incredible images from the American South, Kate Medley shares her answers.

Kate Medley is a North Carolina-based visual journalist and filmmaker documenting the American South. Her work focuses on storytelling and environmental portraiture, and often explores issues of social justice and the shifting politics of the region.