LEXINGTON — Lily native and bestselling author, journalist, and activist Silas House has been named editor of Fireside Industries, an imprint of the University Press of Kentucky in partnership with
The faculty members, all based in Emory College of Arts and Sciences, include:
Laura Otis, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of English, Department of English, won a fellowship in the field of English literature;
Katherine Young, assistant professor of composition, Department of Music, won in the field of music composition; and
Tayari Jones, Charles Howard Candler Professor of English and Creative Writing, Department of English, won in the fiction category.
“In writing, music, scholarship and interdisciplinary collaboration, Tayari Jones, Laura Otis and Katherine Young transcend boundaries and have shown the world their creativity and discoveries,” said Emory President Gregory L. Fenves. “They embody the extraordinary range of artistic expression and scholarship that defines the Emory mission and illuminates our purpose as a university.”
By Gary Richards
THE AMERICAN South arguably has the nationâs most vibrant, celebrated regional literature, and key among its writers are outstanding women, ranging from Harriet Jacobs, Constance Fenimore Woolson, and Kate Chopin in the 19th century to LeAnne Howe, Jesmyn Ward, and Karen Russell in the 21st century.
The 20th century is a particularly rich era, and one thinks of a constellation of Southern women writers from this period whose works have become integral to our national literary heritage: Margaret Mitchellâs âGone with the Windâ (1936); Flannery OâConnorâs macabre short stories; Harper Leeâs âTo Kill a Mockingbirdâ (1960); Alice Walkerâs âThe Color Purpleâ (1982); and Dorothy Allisonâs âBastard Out of Carolinaâ (1992).
CHICAGO, Ill., Feb 19, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) Award-winning Chicagoland romance author Dania Voss’s Windy City Nights series is taking part in the Writers on the Moon project. Coordinated by speculative fiction author Dr. Susan Kaye Quinn, Voss is among one hundred and 25 authors participating in the lunar time capsule adventure.
Voss’s books will join Astrobotic’s Peregrine Mission 1, launching this fall and landing on Lacus Mortis on the moon. Astrobotic is a space logistics company and an official NASA partner. This will be the first American moon landing since Apollo 17 in 1972.
The project’s digital payload will be uploaded onto a SanDisk Extreme microSD card and will remain on the moon indefinitely. The hope is that the snapshot of indie fiction from around the world in 2021 will reveal the humanity of today, to the readers of tomorrow.
There s a newer accolade given at the Monroeville Literary Festival, named for Harper Lee s childhood friend, who also grew up to be a writer.
Allen Wier, who taught creative writing at the University of Alabama from 1980 to 1994, was recently announced as sixth recipient of the Truman Capote Prize for Distinguished Work in Literary Non-Fiction or the Short Story.
Wier s published four novels, the 2006 Tehano, 1989 s A Place for Outlaws, 1983 s Departing as Air, and 1978 s Blanco, along with two collections of stories, 1978 s Things About to Disappear, and the 2017 Late Night, Early Morning.
He s recently retired from teaching, after stints at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Carnegie-Mellon University, Florida International University, Longwood College and Hollins College, along with numerous writer-in-residence gigs.