Marc Harshman has been appointed as Shepherd University’s Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence., receiving the Appalachian Heritage Writer’s Award and includes a $5,000 prize. As West Virginia’s Read More
(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
(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
In an email sent to Shepherd University faculty earlier today, Dr. Marcia Brand, the head of the new Presidential search committee dedicated to finding candidates Read More
Shepherd University’s 2014 Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence program “The Prodigious Tales of Homer Hickam: West Virginia’s Master Storyteller” opens this semester on Friday, Sept. 19. Homer Read More
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
The 18th Annual Appalachian Heritage Festival started off its concert weekend with performances Friday night from artists John Lilly, Chelsea McBee & The Random Assortment, Read More
Frank X. Walker, the Kentucky Poet Laureate, spent this past week on Shepherd University’s campus as the 2013 Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence. Throughout the week, Walker Read More
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
The 2013 Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence (AHWIR) week will be held Sept. 23-27. The resident writer this year will be Kentucky Poet Laureate, Frank X. Walker. Read More