3-6-2012
6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.

Master Classes in Writing: Fiction

Appalachian Center Gallery

Amy Green is our second guest instructor in the MASTER CLASSES IN WRITING and will focus on FICTION.

March 6, 6-8pm in the gallery of the Loyal Jones Appalachian Center

Bring pens, paper, or laptop (battery-operated only, no outlets provided)

This event is free and open to EVERYONE.

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/jan/10/storybook-success/

3-29-2012
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Master Classes in Writing: Poetry

Appalachian Center Gallery

Maurice Manning is our third guest instructor in the MASTER CLASSES IN WRITING and will focus on POETRY.

March 29, 6-8pm in the gallery of the Loyal Jones Appalachian Center

Bring pens, paper, or laptop (battery-operated only, no outlets provided)

This event is free and open to EVERYONE.

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/maurice-manning

4-12-2012
6:00 p.m - 8:00p.m

Master Classes in Writing: Fiction

Appalachian Center Gallery

Crystal Wilkinson is our fourth guest instructor in the MASTER CLASSES IN WRITING and will focus on FICTION.

April 12, 6-8pm in the gallery of the Loyal Jones Appalachian Center

Bring pens, paper, or laptop (battery-operated only, no outlets provided)

This event is free and open to EVERYONE.

www.crystalwilkinson.com

4-13-2012

Appalachian Heritage Featured Reading: Mark Powell

On Friday, April 13, 2012, the Loyal Jones Appalachian Center will welcome Mark Powell to speak in the Gallery to celebrate the Winter 2012 issue of “Appalachian Heritage.” Mark Powell is the author of three novels from the University of Tennessee Press, Prodigals (2002), Blood Kin (2006), and The Dark Corner (forthcoming). He is a native of the South Carolina Blue Ridge with a bachelors from The Citadel, an MFA in English from the University of South Carolina, and an MA in religion and literature from Yale. He is on the English  faculty at Stetson University in Florida.

4-19-2012
11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Dinner on the Ground: Helen Lewis

Appalachian Center Gallery
A light lunch will be served.

Helen Lewis, activist, writer, educator, and former Interim Director of the Loyal Jones Appalachian Center from 1993-1995, will present on her new book “Living Social Justice in Appalachia.”

4-24-2012
6:00 p.m.

Silas House Book Signing and Reading

Appalachian Center Gallery
Silas House, Interim Director of the Loyal Jones Appalachian Center, will read from his new novel, “Same Sun Here,” featuring a multimedia presentation and musical performance by sophomore Sam Gleaves.