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Tennessee poet Linda Parsons Marion will speak about her work during a presentation set for 12:20 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center.
Marion’s visit to WCU is part of the spring semester Appalachian Lunchtime Series, which is sponsored by the Mountain Heritage Center and Ron Rash, WCU’s Parris Distinguished Professor of Appalachian Culture.
Marion is the author of two poetry collections – “Home Fires” and a newly published work, “Mother Land.” She is poetry editor of Now & Then magazine and an editor at the University of Tennessee. She lives in Knoxville with her husband, poet Jeff Daniel Marion.
Lunchtime series presentations are held in the Mountain Heritage Center auditorium. Those attending are invited to bring their lunch.
The series will conclude for the spring semester with a Wednesday, April 22, presentation by the authors of a new Haywood County history book.
The Mountain Heritage Center is located on the ground floor of H.F. Robinson Administration Building. For more information, call the museum at (828) 227-7129.
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