Karen Spears Zacharias: Mother Jones and Transformation Through Suffering
Labor organizer Mother Jones returned to West Virginia last month, given a new voice through author Karen Spears Zacharias as part of the Appalachian Heritage Read More
Tag: Appalachian Heritage
Story-telling Freshens Awareness of Appalachian Culture
(The Picket)-The multiculturalism of Appalachia has often been overlooked, a storyteller said Monday as part of Appalachian Heritage Festival Week celebrations at Shepherd University. “Many Read More
Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence and Appalachian Heritage Festival, Honoring Written Words, and Appalachian Culture.
(The Picket)- Not many of us have an impression of Appalachian Culture and what would be written work related to it. If we do often Read More
Affrilachia Returns to Shepherd
In an event held on September 23, Frank X Walker and his fellow Affrilachian writers stunned a standing room only audience at the Byrd Legislative Read More
Shepherdstown Speaks: Appalachian Storytelling
The second Tuesday of each month will bring together the campus and Shepherdstown community as one university professor starts a live storytelling concert series that Read More
AHWIR Event: The Writing Life with Frank X Walker
Frank X Walker held a discussion of his works and his experience as a writer to a full house this past Wednesday. Besides going into Read More
Frank X Walker Delivers Scarborough Lecture
Frank X. Walker, the 2013 Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence, delivered the Scarborough Lecture titled “Voices from Affrilachia” and received the Appalachian Heritage Writer’s Award for the Read More