Book Talk with Author, Hannah S. Palmer

Part memoir, part investigation, The Pool Is Closed dives deep into Atlanta's lost swimming spaces and the racial politics of public space.

Join the Roswell Historical Society Book Club for an engaging presentation with Hannah S. Palmer as she discusses her book, The Pool Is Closed: Segregation, Summertime, and the Search for a Place to Swim. Part memoir and part cultural history, this compelling work documents Palmer's year-long quest to find a place to swim, uncovering deep racial and class divides embedded in public spaces. Hannah S. Palmer is a writer and artist from the southside of Atlanta. Through essays, memoir, and public art projects, she explores the hidden histories and wildness that shape our lives in the urban landscape. Her award-winning memoir Flight Path: A Search for Roots beneath the World's Busiest Airport (2017) was included on Atlanta Magazine’s list of “essential books that explain today’s Atlanta.” Palmer’s book, The Pool Is Closed: Segregation, Summertime, and the Search for a Place to Swim was published by LSU Press in 2024. To learn more about Hannah Palmer's work visit https://hannahspalmer.com/work