The Spring Literary Festival is held at Western Carolina University’s A.K. Hinds University Center, 245 Memorial Drive, Cullowhee. All events take place in the UC Theater unless otherwise noted. Info at litfestival.org
• Thursday, March 21 — Fiction writer Cristina Henríquez, 7:30 p.m. in the UC Grand Room
• Monday, March 25 — Gilbert-Chappell Distinguished Poets Series featuring Ricardo Nazario-Colon and student poets, noon; Fiction writer Diane C. McPhail, 4 p.m.; Army veterans and writers Laurie Jean Cannady and Tom Baker, 7 p.m.
• Tuesday, March 26 — Fiction writer Michael Croley, 4 p.m.; Fiction writer Silas House, 7:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, March 27 — Nonfiction writer Jason Howard, 4 p.m.; Poet A. Van Jordan, 7:30 p.m.
• Thursday, March 28 — Nonfiction writer Bryant Simon, 4 p.m.; Fiction and nonfiction writer Marilynne Robinson, 7:30 p.m. in the UC Grand Room — A.M.
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