{"id":10492,"date":"2012-01-16T11:44:50","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T16:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=10492"},"modified":"2012-01-27T10:25:35","modified_gmt":"2012-01-27T15:25:35","slug":"spaces-filling-up-for-writers-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/spaces-filling-up-for-writers-read\/","title":{"rendered":"Spaces Filling Up for Writers Read"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spaces are filling up for the Thursday, Jan. 26, Writers Read<\/a> dinner and author series at Eastern Mennonite University.<\/p>\n

Renown poet and author, Diane Gillam Fisher<\/a>, will read from her works following the dinner at 5:30 p.m. in Martin Chapel. Several of the author\u2019s books will be available for purchase, and a book signing and question and answer session will follow the dinner.<\/p>\n

“The experience of listening to her poems, hearing her use\u00a0everyday language in such an extraordinary way\u00a0had a profound influence on me,”\u00a0said Vi Dutcher<\/a>, professor and chair of the language and literature department<\/a>.\u00a0 “Diane’s simple and clear prose will speak to you of complex relationships among people and the earth.”<\/p>\n

Fisher is the author of several poetry collections, most recently, “Kettle Bottom,” (Perugia Press, June 2004) which earned her numerous honors, including a spot on the American Booksellers Association Book Sense 2005 Top Ten Poetry Books list, the 2008 Chaffin Award for Appalachian Writing, and inclusion in The Pushcart Prize XXX anthology.<\/p>\n

In her review of Kettle Bottom, Catherine MacDonald gives the book high praise, “Set in 1920\u201321, a period of violent unrest known as the West Virginia mine wars, the poems in Kettle Bottom combine compelling narratives with the charged, heightened language of lyric poetry.”<\/p>\n

Fisher has had her poems published in literary journals and magazines including Wind Magazine, Appalachian Journal, Shenandoah, Ploughshares, and The Spoon River Poetry Review.<\/p>\n

Tickets and reservations<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Writers Read is sponsored by the language and literature department. Reserve tickets online<\/strong><\/a> or by calling the language & literature department at 540-432-4168.<\/p>\n