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 […]
Local poet and novelist Darnell Arnoult
April 7, 2016 by
Poet and novelist Darnell Arnoult will be joining us at the Spring Literary Festival on April 6, at 4 p.m. in the UC Theater and she will be reading from her collection of poems titled What Travels With Us and her fiction novel Sufficient Grace. Arnoult was born and raised in Henry County, Virginia, but […]
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 […]
Ron Rash talks about writing “Serena”
November 11, 2014 by
“ [I] spent more time on my characters, which is probably dangerous for my mental health,” Rash said explaining the process of writing “Serena” and the main characters. It took him 14 drafts and several years to be happy how they turned out to be. As he explained all of his novels begin with a […]
Ron Rash discusses “Serena”
October 11, 2014 by
Ron Rash, Western Carolina University professor and author of The New York Times bestseller “Serena”, sat down to talk about the success of his book. He gave insight on how he writes a novel, what his inspiration for the novel was and what his next steps will be. View the full report by Rebecca Romo […]
