Spring Literary Festival schedule

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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About Alli Marshall
Alli Marshall has lived in Asheville for more than 20 years and loves live music, visual art, fiction and friendly dogs. She is the winner of the 2016 Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize and the author of the novel "How to Talk to Rockstars," published by Logosophia Books. Follow me @alli_marshall

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