Stephanie Elizondo Griest came to WCU’s campus to share with students her life’s story and the motto that has inspired her work. The motto, which she calls her trifecta, involves a life of wanderlust, social justice and art. Her life has consisted of traveling and coming to terms with her ever-changing cultural identity and using […]
Appalachian poet, teacher, and fiber artist Jane Hicks
April 7, 2016 by
Joining Darnell Arnoult at 4 p.m. in the UC Theater for the Spring Literary Festival will be Appalachian poet, teacher, and fiber artist Jane Hicks and she will be reading from her new book of poems titled Driving with the Dead. A native of upper East Tennessee, Hicks is an award-winning poet and quilter. Her […]
Well-known fiction writer Lee Smith
April 7, 2016 by
Fiction writer Lee Smith will be speaking at the Spring Literary Festival on April 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Coulter Recital Hall and she is expected to draw a very large crowd. Smith will be reading from her recently published novel Dimestore, a memoir about Smith herself and about a time and place that most […]
International best-selling author Bret Anthony Johnston
April 6, 2016 by
To continue the second day of WCU’s Spring Literary Festival, following up Lauren K. Alleyne and Denton Loving will be fiction and nonfiction writer Bret Anthony Johnston. Johnston will be appearing in the UC Theater on Tuesday, April 5, at 4 p.m. where he will be reading from a few of his books including Remember […]
Freelance writer analyzes sex in new book
March 21, 2012 by
If you’re a member of Generation Y, what book do you think best addresses sex and relationship norms on a broad-scale cultural level for people your age? Can you even think of one? That was the dilemma for Rachel Hills, 29, an Australian-born, England-based freelance journalist, blogger and graduate of the University of Sydney. She […]
