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Highland Summer Conference: Writer Diane Gilliam
Venue: McConnell Library (Radford University), Radford
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Time: 7:30 - 9:00 PM
Event Types: Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

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Description:
Noted Appalachian authors will present public readings as part of Radford University’s 34th annual Highland Summer Conference, the longest-known credit-based creative writing workshop in the Appalachian region.

Tonight's featured writer is Diane Gilliam. Diane is an American poet. She is author of several poetry collections, most recently, Kettle Bottom (Perugia Press, 2004), which earned her numerous honors, including a spot on the American Booksellers Association Book Sense 2005 Top Ten Poetry Books list, and inclusion in The Pushcart Prize XXX anthology. In her review of Kettle Bottom, Catherine MacDonald gives the book high praise, "Set in 1920–21, a period of violent unrest known as the West Virginia Mine Wars, the poems in Kettle Bottom combine compelling narratives with the charged, heightened language of lyric poetry. It is an unforgettable combination, one that characterizes the very best contemporary verse."

Gilliam Fisher has had her poems published in literary journals and magazines including Wind Magazine, Appalachian Journal, Shenandoah and The Spoon River Poetry Review.

The HSC begins Monday, June 6 and continues through Friday, June 19. Readings are at 7:30 p.m. each Tuesday and Thursday of the conference on the third floor of McConnell Library at Radford University.

Admission to the Readings is free. To learn more, e-mail Ruth Derrick at rbderrick@radford.edu or call the Appalachian Regional Studies Center at (540) 831-5366.