Taught a creative writing workshop at Radford University today for their Blue Ridge Writing and Rhetoric Conference. Lovely campus and wonderful people! ❤️
West TN PBS | Tennessee Writes
West TN PBS | Tennessee Writes
— Read on www.westtnpbs.org/tv-schedule/tennessee-writes/
Proud to have been interviewed about my book Daughters of Muscadine on the local PBS station in Jackson, TN. Shout out to Peter Noll and Baily Luther for inviting me! ❤️
Tennessee Book Award
Y’all, I have exciting news! My book, Daughters of Muscadine, has just won the Tennessee Book Award in fiction! This is a huge honor. It comes with a $2,500 cash prize, and I’m invited to give a talk with Denton Loving and Rachel Louise Martin, the poetry and nonfiction winners, at the Southern Festival of Books this Sunday. I’m grinning big as can be! ❤️❤️❤️
Read Appalachia Interview
Proud to have my book, Daughters of Muscadine, featured on the latest episode of Read Appalachia. Thanks, Kendra Winchester!
Madison Book Fest
I’ll be signing books Saturday, September 28th at Madison County Book Festival in Richmond, KY. Excited for this event. I also attended last year and it was among my favorite author events!
Tennessee Mountain Writers—Fall Workshop
Excited to announce I’ll be leading the memoir writing workshop for the Tennessee Mountain Writers. The workshop will be a mixture of craft lectures on writing about family and writing about place. More info here.
Appalachian Writers’ Workshop ❤️
Proud to be at Hindman Settlement School this week. I’m teaching a short story workshop full of amazing writers. Feeling lucky today!
My Interview at Shelf Unbound
Big thanks to Christina Consolino at Shelf Unbound for this wonderful interview and for helping me promote Daughters of Muscadine. Here’s the link:
Daughters of Muscadine Playlist
Largehearted Boy, founded by David Gutowski, is a website where literature and music are paired together. I created a playlist for my book, Daughters of Muscadine. Click here to listen!
