Sarah Morris, an assistant professor of English and the author of “Lessons from Take Me Home, Country Roads,” will give a reading and lead a craft talk at the 29th annual West Virginia Writers’ Workshop from July 16-19 on the Downtown area of campus.
Morgantown-area high school students are welcome to attend the workshop’s craft talks, writing exercises and readings for free.
The workshop faculty will also include short story writer, memoirist and poet Jim Daniels and poet Kari Gunter-Seymour.
Daniels is the Thomas Stockham Baker University Professor of English Emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University and the author of numerous books of poetry and prose as well as four produced screenplays.
A ninth generation Appalachian, Gunter-Seymour is the executive director of the Women of Appalachia Project and editor of its anthology series, Women Speak, finalist for the Next Generation Indie Book Award/Anthology. She is the author of three full-length collections of poems.
The workshop’s director, Mark Brazaitis, will give a reading and conduct a craft talk. He is the author of three novels, a book of poems, and five collections of short stories, including “The Incurables,” winner of the 2012 Richard Sullivan Prize and the 2013 Devil’s Kitchen Reading Award in Prose.
The workshop is designed to give writers at any stage of their careers the opportunity to improve their craft in a warm, welcoming atmosphere. Participants work with nationally and internationally acclaimed authors in classes of no more than 14 students. In addition, the workshop features readings, craft talks, writing exercises and a publishing panel. The workshop’s tuition is priced to be affordable.
“This is a wonderful opportunity for writers near and far to work with accomplished and helpful professional writers and teachers,” Brazaitis said. “Anyone with an interest in writing is welcome to attend.”
No writing experience is necessary to participate.
For more information, contact Mark Brazaitis at Mark.Brazaitis@mail.wvu.edu or visit the West Virginia Writers’ Workshop website.