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Spoken Word Poetry Classes to begin in Beckley
WVWC to host visiting writers series
(This news courtesy the InterMountain.com) BUCKHANNON — West Virginia Wesleyan College’s low-residency master of fine arts in creative writing program will host a visiting writers series during the program’s upcoming winter 2017 Residency. These events are free and...
Inside Affrilachia
Very interesting article on the origins of the term "Affrilachia" as well as the beginnings of the Affrilachian Poets, courtesy WV Public Broadcasting. http://wvpublic.org/post/inside-affrilachia
Uncle Terry’s Gift Ideas from WV Authors List 2016
Nigh on a decade ago, Terry McNemar, our former president who recently passed away, began an annual gift guide for books by West Virginia authors. With his passing last year, we re-instituted this annual tradition in his honor. And as such, it's only fitting that...
WV Book Festival
This weekend, West Virginia Writers has a table at the WV Book Festival, at the Civic Center in Charleston. We are debuting our 2017 WV Writers Writing Contest entry forms for both the adult and New Mountain Voices contests. (These will be posted here next week.) As...
The Literary Tea Series 2016
West Virginia Writers is once again co-producing the free Literary Tea series with the Greenbrier Valley Theatre in Lewisburg. The series will feature professional actors frm the theatre's current production of The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers as readers...