The Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series

The Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series, the The Schaefer Center Presents, and Appalachian Journal present the Spring 2023 Season.


The Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series presents the Spring 2023 season.

Co-sponsored by The Schaefer Center Presents, and Appalachian Journal 

The 2022-23 season is dedicated to the memory of Amy Greer, beloved colleague and friend.

The Visiting Writers Series is named in honor of the late Hughlene Bostian Frank (class of 1968), a 2013 Appalachian Alumni Association Outstanding Service award recipient, past member of Appalachian's Board of Trustees and ASU Foundation, long time member of the College of Arts and Sciences Advancement Board and generous supporter of Appalachian State University. 

Admission to all events is free and open to the public. 

Appalachian State University Press Release on the Spring Season.

Appalachian State University Library Guide to the Series Authors

PARKING is free on campus after 5 p.m. We recommend the College Street Deck (from King Street, turn down College Street at the First Baptist Church). To reach the Student Union, cross College Street and follow the walkway between the chiller plant and the University Bookstore, passing the Post Office and entering the Student Union on the second floor. For further parking information or a map, please see www.parking.appstate.edu

Book sales and signing will follow each event.

Contact

For further information, please email Susan Weinberg, weinbergsc@appstate.edu.


THE  HUGHLENE BOSTIAN FRANK VISITING WRITERS SERIES IS SUPPORTED BY:

  • Appalachian State University Foundation, Inc.
  • Appalachian’s Office of Academic Affairs 
  • College of Arts and Sciences 
  • Department of English
  • University Bookstore 
  • Belk Library 
  • Appalachian Journal
  • The Schaefer Center Presents

BUSINESS SPONSORS:

  • Hellbender Bed and Beverage 
  • The Gideon Ridge Inn

 COMMUNITY SPONSORS:

  • Paul and Judy Tobin
  • Alice Naylor
  • Thomas McLaughlin

 

SPRING SCHEDULE 2023

Thursday, March 2: Novelist Jessie van Eerden and Poet Thorpe Moeckel

Reading: 6-7:30 pm
Craft Talk: 2-3:15 pm
Plemmons Student Union 201B Table Rock Room

Thursday, March 23: Poet Ricardo Nazario-Colón 
2023 Juanita Tobin Memorial Reading
Reading: 6-7:15 pm
Craft Talk: 3:30-4:45 pm
Plemmons Student Union 201B Table Rock Room

Thursday, April 20: Past US Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey 
Co-Sponsored by The Schaefer Center Presents
Reading and Book Signing: 6-7:30 pm
Plemmons Student Union 201 AB Blue Ridge Ballroom

Thursday, April 27: Poets Nickole Brown 
Reading: 6-7:30 pm
Craft Talk: 3:30-4:45 pm
Plemmons Student Union 201B Table Rock Room

PDF Flyer for the Spring 2023 Season