TODAY: Reading by Affrilachian Writer Crystal Wilkinson
Crystal Wilkinsons work has been described as "story poems."
Wilkinson is the author of two books,
Blackberries, Blackberries
(2000) and
Water Street
(2002), both published by Toby Press.
Water Street
was a long-list finalist for the prestigious Orange Prize and short-listed for a Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation Legacy Award in fiction.
Blackberries, Blackberries
was named Best Debut Fiction by
Todays Librarian
magazine. She has been published in the anthologies
Confronting Appalachian Stereotypes: Back Talk from an American Region
(University of Kentucky Press, 1999);
Gifts from Our Grandmothers
(Crown Publishers, 2000); and
Gumbo: Stories by Black Writers
(Doubleday, Harlem Moon Press, 2002). Her work has also appeared in various literary journals, including
Obsidian II: Black Literature in Review
,
Southern Exposure
,
The Briar Cliff Review,
LIT
,
Calyx
,
African Voices
and the
Indiana Review.
She is a faculty member in Spalding Universitys low-residency MFA writing program and is currently serving as visiting professor and writer in residence for Morehead State University. Wilkinson was the 2002 recipient of the Chaffin Award for Appalachian Literature and is a member of a Lexington-based writing collective, The Affrilachian Poets.
What: Reading, Q&A, discussion with Crystal Wilkinson
When: Wednesday, May 16, 2007, 24 p.m.
Where: Sixth floor, Steger Student Life Center
Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided.
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