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Hear “Women Speak” on diverse
Appalachian identities-- from gender and sexuality, to race and ethnicity,
class and ability and religion and region at the Downtown
Campus Library’s Milano Reading Room
on October 6 from 1-3 p.m.
The annual event, created by the Women of Appalachia Project and hosted by West Virginia University Libraries, invites residents of all 420 Appalachian counties to submit writing to be featured. The juried performance of poetry, short stories, songs and essays is free and open to the public.
Quotes and Comments
“I could
no sooner separate my identity from Appalachia than I could from being a woman.
It is hard to say exactly how Appalachia influences my work or my life because
it is in everything I am. In my very fiber there are mountains. Through my
stories I hope to show the people I know, whose lives are just as important as
those of people living in New York City or Paris.” – Natalie Sypolt, storyteller and WVU alumna
Resources
Women of Appalachia Project
Women’s
Resource Center
Center for Women’s and Gender Studies
WVU
Libraries
Target Audiences
Women
People interested in art
People interested in poetry
Appalachian natives and people living in Appalachia
Morgantown community
-WVU-
mft/09/26/18
CONTACT: Sally Deskins, WVU
Libraries
304.293.0369; sbdeskins@mail.wvu.edu
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