WANA LIVE! is the reading series of the Writers Association of Northern Appalachia, which livestreams on YouTube and Facebook every Thursday night at 8 PM EST. New episodes of the WANA LIVE! podcast will be uploaded two weeks after their livestream date. Learn more about WANA at https://writersassociationofnorthernappalachia.org/ (https://writersassociationofnorthernappalachia.org/).
Intro music: "Back to the Patch" by Sue Powers. You can find more of her music at https://www.devilishmerry.com/ (https://www.devilishmerry.com/).
Amy Clark was born in the heart of the Appalachian mountains of Virginia and teaches at the University of Virginia's College at Wise. She is the 2012 recipient of the Jean Ritchie Fellowship in Appalachian Writing. Her book, TALKING APPALACHIAN details the history and features of Appalachian dialects, as well as pieces by well-known authors about what it means to speak them. She is founder and Director of the Appalachian Writing Project, a non-profit organization for teachers whose mission is to improve the teaching of writing in rural schools. Her articles and essays have appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers.
More info at http://www.amydclark.com (http://www.amydclark.com)
19 Jun 2021
WANA LIVE! Reading Series - Cat Pleska
Cat Pleska, author, educator, publisher, and oral historian, holds an MFA in creative nonfiction writing. Her memoir, Riding on Comets was published by West Virginia University Press, 2015. Cat edited three anthologies and her essays have appeared in Still: The Journal, Heartwood Magazine, Change 7 Magazine, and many others.
19 Jun 2021
WANA LIVE! Reading Series - Cody McDevitt & Dan Reidmiller
In honor of baseball season, WANA is featuring a double header tonight!
Cody McDevitt is an investigative reporter based in Pittsburgh. He's written several books, including his most recent, Banished from Johnstown: Racist Backlash in Pennsylvania, which details one of the worst racial injustices in western Pennsylvania history. More than 2,000 Black and Latino people were forced from their homes after a racially charged police shooting. He is currently working on his next book about the history of the abortion rights movement.
Dan Reidmiller is a short-story writer based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A recent graduate of Chatham University's MFA program, Dan is currently at work on his debut manuscript, tentatively titled, RIVER RATS: AND OTHER SIMERAL'S FERRY TALES. The project is a short-story cycle that intertwines the lives of a range of characters in a small, lower-class Appalachian town called Simeral's Ferry. During the day, Dan works full-time as a Content Writer and Strategist for an international software company, and in his spare time, he volunteers as a member of WANA, where he serves on the advisory board.
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