{"id":7187,"date":"2011-07-09T12:35:43","date_gmt":"2011-07-09T17:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=7187"},"modified":"2011-07-09T12:35:43","modified_gmt":"2011-07-09T17:35:43","slug":"noted-east-tennessee-novelist-greene-to-give-july-13th-reading-at-apsu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2011\/07\/09\/noted-east-tennessee-novelist-greene-to-give-july-13th-reading-at-apsu\/","title":{"rendered":"Noted East Tennessee Novelist Greene to Give July 13th Reading at APSU"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Clarksville, TN<\/strong> – Up in the foothills of East Tennessee\u2019s Smoky Mountains, a few old timers still tell folk stories of spirits and curses. The fog that hangs low over their porches and sloping front yards lends a mystical quality to their words. It\u2019s as if these men and women live in the secluded last bastion of a magical world, untouched by the modern influence of science.<\/p>\n

But the novelist Amy Greene doesn\u2019t see anything unusual in these communities.
\nFor her, that area is home and the beliefs of her neighbors and family area simply a way of life.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always seen Appalachia as a magical place,\u201d she said in a 2010 interview with Amazon.com. \u201cI grew up hearing stories of haunts and fortunetellers and curses.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those influences are clearly present in Greene\u2019s debut novel, \u201cBloodroot\u201d \u2013 a family epic centered on the mysterious, and possibly cursed, character of Myra Lamb. At 7:00pm on July 13th, Greene will visit Austin Peay State University\u2019s Morgan University Center to share a bit of Appalachia\u2019s mystique during a free reading and book signing.<\/p>\n

\"Novelist<\/a>

Novelist Amy Greene<\/p><\/div>\n

The event, sponsored by Humanities Tennessee and The APSU Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts, is part of the Tennessee Young Writers Workshop. About 40 students, ranging in age from seventh graders to seniors in high school, have traveled from across the state to study the craft of creative writing during the weeklong workshop. The young participants live on campus, get time to write, share their work at events such as open mike nights and receive advice from professional writers.<\/p>\n

The highlight of the week will be on July 13th, when the students get the opportunity to meet and hear a reading by a writer of Greene\u2019s caliber. Wally Lamb, acclaimed author of \u201cShe\u2019s Come Undone,\u201d said Greene\u2019s work \u201chas everything I savor in fiction: flawed but sympathetic characters, a narrative as unpredictable as it is engaging, and a setting rendered with such a vivid palette of local color and detail that you\u2019d swear you were there.\u201d<\/p>\n

The reading is also free and open to the public. For more information, contact the APSU Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts at 931.221.7876.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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