ETSU's Spring Literary Festival Is April 12-13

Johnson City TN

01 April, 2022

3:55 PM

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From East Tennessee State University: April 1, 2022 JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – East Tennessee State University's annual Spring Literary Festival, packed with award-winning and nationally recognized writers, is set for later this month. "This is such a wonderful event, and I could not be happier about the talented writers who will be with us this year," said Dr. Jesse Graves, ETSU's poet-in-residence. "We are thrilled to be able to bring our literary community back together in the Reece Museum and the Martin Center." Sponsored by the Bert C. Bach Written Word Initiative and the Department of Literature and Language, the two-day event happens April 12-13. It is free and open to the public. Maurice Manning, author of seven books of poetry and a college professor, is the keynote speaker. The Yale Series of Younger Poets included Manning's first book, "Lawrence Booth's Book of Visions." His fourth book, "The Common Man," was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.  Manning will give a poetry reading and field questions from the audience during the eighth annual Jack Higgs Memorial Reading at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 13, in the Powell Recital Hall at the ETSU Martin Center for the Arts. The festival also features several workshops with topics ranging from poetry writing to creative non-fiction. Those leading the workshop include: For a complete schedule, visit etsu.edu/cas/litlang/writingfestival/schedule.php. All events, with the exception of Manning's keynote address at the Martin Center, take place at the Reece Museum, located on Stout Drive near the Sherrod Library and D.P. Culp Student Center. If you would like to attend via Zoom, email [email protected] to receive a link. This press release was produced by East Tennessee State University. The views expressed are the author's own.