Please join us as UNC Asheville welcomes award-winning author Robert Morgan for a reading and discussion on Friday, November 14 at 3:30 in the Laurel Forum, Karpen Hall. Morgan will be reading from his latest book Boone and discussing issues of Appalachian identity formation and authorship.This event, sponsored by Ramsey Library and offered in conjunction with the regional Together We Read program, is free and open to the public.

Morgan, who was raised on a family farm in western North Carolina, is the author of eleven books of poetry and eight books of fiction, including the bestselling novel Gap Creek. Winner of a 2007 Academy of Arts and Letters Award for Literature, Morgan lives in Ithaca, NY, where he teaches at Cornell University.

For more information about this event, contact Heather Stewart Harvey, Information Literacy & Outreach Librarian at Ramsey Library, at 828/251-6632 or hharvey@unca.edu

Posted by Brandy on November 10, 2008 2:55 PM