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E&H Literary Festival Honors Silas House Oct. 29-30

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
A novelist who has been widely recognized as a major new voice in Appalachian and Southern literature will be the featured author for the annual Emory & Henry College Literary Festival Oct. 29-30.

A native of Lily, Ky., where his family has lived for generations, Silas House is the author of three novels: Clay’s Quilt (2001), A Parchment of Leaves (2002), and The Coal Tattoo (2004), the last of which was named Book of the Year by the Appalachian Writers Association.

House is also a playwright, having published “The Hurting Part,” which was first performed in 2005, and “A Long Time Traveling,” which was produced in 2009.

His most recent book is Something’s Rising: Appalachians Fighting Mountaintop Removal (2009), which he co-authored with Jason Howard.

Events for the Festival begin at 2:30 p.m. oct.29 with papers on House’s fiction by Maurice Manning and Chad Berry. At 7:30 p.m., House will read from his work.
On Oct. 30, Marianne Worthington will present a third paper at 2:30 p.m., followed by a public interview with House conducted by novelist Pamela Duncan.

All events are free and open to the public. They will be held in the Board of Visitors Lounge in the Van Dyke Center on the College’s campus.

A frequent contributor to both National Public Radio and the music magazine No Depression, House has been widely recognized for his literary contributions. In 2003, he received the James Still Award from the Fellowship of Southern Writers for his writing on the mountain South. Currently, he is writer-in-residence at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tenn.

Eli the Good, his first novel for young adults, will be published in September.

www.ehc.edu/litfest

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