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Arts & Culture Liz McCormick, Oct. 07, 2022

Author Barbara Kingsolver Reflects On Appalachian Writing, Climate Change And Upcoming Novel

Kentucky author Barbara Kingsolver is the 2022 Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence at Shepherd University. While Kingsolver’s fiction takes readers all over the world, she says her Appalachian roots inspire key themes and ideas in her stories. Liz McCormick sat down with Kingsolver to learn more.

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WVPB News Liz McCormick, Sep. 24, 2018

How Writing, Faith and Landscape Guided Author Karen Spears Zacharias Home to Appalachia

The 2018 Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence at Shepherd University is Karen Spears Zacharias. Zacharias grew up in a military family but spent most…

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WVPB News Liz McCormick, Nov. 17, 2016

LISTEN: Author Charles Frazier Speaks on Women in Appalachia & Cold Mountain

Award-winning author Charles Frazier is 2016's Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence at Shepherd University. Frazier was born in Asheville, North…

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WVPB News Liz McCormick, Oct. 26, 2015

Poet Nikki Giovanni Says W.Va. Should Be Celebrated

Poet and activist Nikki Giovanni loves several things about Appalachia: its defense of freedom, and how the people here know when enough is enough in…

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WVPB News Liz McCormick, Oct. 07, 2015

Shepherd's 20th Annual Appalachian Heritage Festival Hosts Poet Nikki Giovanni

This week Shepherd University is hosting the 20th Annual Appalachian Heritage Festival. Many of the planned festivities surround the 17th Annual…

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WVPB News Liz McCormick, Oct. 15, 2014

Author Homer Hickam Visits His Home State

Every October, author and West Virginia native, Homer Hickam, makes a trip home to West Virginia for the annual Rocket Boys festival in Beckley…but he…

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