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Creative nonfiction author Elizabeth Rush. Rush’s book “Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore” has been chosen as the 2020–21 Common Reading Program selection for incoming students at Appalachian State University. Photo by Stephanie Alvarez Ewens

App State’s Common Reading Program announces ‘Rising’ as 2020–21 book selection
Feb 13, 2020

The Common Reading Program at Appalachian State University announces its 2020–21 book selection: “Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore...

Ron Rash at the Visiting Writers Series

Visiting Writer: Ron Rash
Sep 11, 2019

On September 3 we had the pleasure of hearing Appalachian writer Ron Rash speak about his work at the Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series. ...

Silas House at the Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series

Visiting Writer: Silas House
Sep 11, 2019

On Thursday, September 5 we welcomed Silas House as part of the Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series. His visit consisted of a Craft Talk in...

Rhiannon Giddens and What Folk Music Means

Cece Conway and Appstate mentioned in The New Yorker
Sep 3, 2019

Cece Conway and Appalachian State University are mentioned in a recent issue of The New Yorker. This reference occurs in John Jeremiah Sulli...

Congratulations to Sarah Beth Hopton!
Jan 5, 2019

Sarah Beth has signed a contract with a producer to create a docu-series based on her book, Woman at the Devil's Door. They are currently negotia...

Congratulations to Jill Ehnenn!
Jan 5, 2019

Her article “From ‘We Other Victorians’ to ‘Pussy Grabs Back’: Thinking Gender, Thinking Sex, and Feminist Methodological Futures in Vi...

Congratulations to Kathryn Kirkpatrick! She's just signed a contract for her collection, The Fisher Queen: New & Selected Poems, with Salmon Press
Jan 5, 2019

Congratulations to Kathryn Kirkpatrick, who's signed a contract for her collection, The Fisher Queen: New & Selected Poems, with Salmon Press ...

Germán Campos-Munoz and Heather Custer in the Watauga Democrat!
Jan 5, 2019

Please follow this link to read about our local stars, Heather and Germán, and the teaching awards they were given earlier this year.&...

Article on Caleb Johnson, new Visiting Assistant Professor, and his novel _Treebourne_
Aug 20, 2018

Appalachian Today has a wonderful article about Caleb and his novel, Treebourne. Check it out!https://today.appstate.edu/2018/08/16/treeborne...