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The Kentuck Festival of the Arts, known for its arts and crafts, has assembled a strong array of musicians and spoken word performers for 2022.

TUSK CALENDAR: Who's playing and what's happening

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, E...