Participation Type
Performance
Session Title
A reading from Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel Volume 21: Appalachia Acting Up
Session Abstract or Summary
Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel is the literary journal of the Southern Appalachian Writers Cooperative. Founded in the mid-1980s, the journal gives voice to a wide range of Appalachian writers. Over the last decade or so, we have been pleased to offer an annual reading from our newest issue at ASA, bringing new writers to the attention of the association, and the association to the attention of our writers. The theme of this issue, Appalachia Acting Up, seems particularly relevant. There is a great deal of fear raging throughout our country these days. One of the most compelling fears is that divergence will be repressed and divergent voices will be silenced. But the diversity of Appalachian voices will never be totally silenced, not as long as there are writers like these willing to speak –and act—up. We hope you will join us for a lively reading from—and a livelier discussion about— Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel Volume 21: Appalachia Acting Up” We request the hour and fifteen minute full session. Technical needs are a microphone with speaker for readers.
Presentation #1 Title
A reading from Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel Volume 21: Appalachia Acting Up
Presentation #1 Abstract or Summary
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At-A-Glance Bio- Presenter #1
William Scott Hanna is life-long resident of the Upper Ohio Valley where he teaches literature and writing at West Liberty University. His poetry and creative nonfiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Heartwood Literary Magazine, Pine Mountain Sand and Gravel, Still: The Journal, and Cleaver Magazine.
Presentation #2 Title
A reading from Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel Volume 21: Appalachia Acting Up
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At-A-Glance Bio- Presenter #2
Lana K. W. Austin’s writing has been featured in Mid-American Review, and Southern Women’s Review, among others. Her poetry collection, Blood Harmony, debuted from Iris Press in the fall of 2018. From rural Kentucky, Austin has an MFA from George Mason University and is an adjunct English instructor at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
Presentation #3 Title
A reading from Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel Volume 21: Appalachia Acting Up
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At-A-Glance Bio- Presenter #3
Bill King’s poetry has appeared in Appalachian Heritage, Still: The Journal, and The Southern Poetry Anthology, among others. His first chapboo, is The Letting Go (Finishing Line Press, 2018). He holds an M.A. in Creative Writing and a Ph.D. in Literature from the University of Georgia and teaches at Davis & Elkins College in Elkins, WV.
Presentation #4 Title
A reading from Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel Volume 21: Appalachia Acting Up
Presentation #4 Abstract or Summary
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At-A-Glance Bio- Presenter #4
Elissa Yancey, MSEd, grew up the youngest of six children of an Appalachian mother and Kentucky-born father in Norwood, Ohio. She earned her undergraduate degree in English Literature, specializing in journalism, at the University of Cincinnati and her Masters in Education from Northwestern University. She has spent her professional life telling other people's stories as a writer, editor and teacher and is proud to share her own as a late-blooming Urban Appalachian.
Presentation #5 Title
Convener-A reading from Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel Volume 21: Appalachia Acting Up
Presentation #5 Abstract or Summary
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At-A-Glance Bio- Presenter #5
Pauletta Hansel, convener, is managing editor of Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel, Core Member of the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition and 2017 Weatherford Award Winner/poetry for Palindrome (Dos Madres Press, 2017)
A reading from Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel Volume 21: Appalachia Acting Up
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