| Date: | July 09, 2019 |
| Time: | 7:00 - 8:00 PM |
| Venue: | McConnell Library (Radford University) |
| Organizations: | Crystal Wilkinson |
| Description: |
The 42nd Annual Highland Summer Writers' Conference presents a free evening reading with their visiting author Crystal Wilkinson on Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at Radford University's McConnell Library. Crystal Wilkinson is a multi-genre Affrilachian and award-winning author of "The Birds of Opulence" (winner of the 2016 Ernest J. Gaines Prize for Literary Excellence), "Water Street and Blackberries", "Blackberries". Nominated for both the Orange Prize and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, she has received recognition from The Kentucky Foundation for Women, The Kentucky Arts Council, The Mary Anderson Center for the Arts, The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown and is a recipient of the Chaffin Award for Appalachian Literature. She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and her short stories, poems and essays have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies including most recently in the Oxford American and Southern Cultures. She currently teaches at the University of Kentucky where she is Associate Professor of English in the MFA in Creative Writing Program. Links: • https://www.crystalewilkinson.net/ • https://www.twitter.com/CrystalWilki The evening readings are free and open to the public. There will also be a public reading on Thursday, July 11, 2019 featuring Tim Poland. For more information, visit: http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=516825. The Highland Summer Writers' Conference is a one-week intensive workshop offered annually by Radford University that is team-taught by well-known guest writers. It offers the opportunity to study and practice creative and expository writing within the context of regional culture. For more information, visit: https://www.radford.edu/content/cehd/home/appalachian-studies/upcoming-events/highland-conference.html or email Theresa Burriss at tburriss@radford.edu. |