Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
CONCORD ó Clyde Edgerton, the author of nine novels and a native North Carolinian, will teach a creative writing workshop at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College on Oct. 3.
The workshop is part of the “One Book One Community n Cabarrus Reads” program sponsored by Cabarrus County Public Library, with events beginning Sept. 2 and running through Oct. 4.
Edgerton will teach the workshop from 3-4:30 p.m. at RCCC’s South Campus. The college will begin registering participants on Sept. 15. Contact Amelia Likin, RCCC reading instructor, for more information at 704-216-3548 or obocworkshop@rowancabarrus.edu.
Edgerton, who will discuss how keeping journals can enhance the creative writing process, is the author of “Raney,” “Walking Across Egypt,” “The Floatplane Notebooks,” “Killer Diller,” “In Memory of Junior,” “Redeye,” “Where Trouble Sleeps” and “Lunch at the Piccadilly.” His latest novel, “The Bible Salesman,” will be released Aug. 11. Three of his books have been made into movies, and five have stage adaptations.
Edgerton was born in Durham, and raised in nearby Bethesda. He majored in English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was enrolled in the Air Force ROTC program. After graduation in 1966, he served five years on active duty in the Air Force as a fighter pilot, based in the U.S., Japan, Korea and Thailand. After his military service, he earned a master’s degree and Ph.D. at UNC-Chapel Hill and taught writing in high school and college classrooms. Today, he is a professor of creative writing at UNC-Wilmington.
The “One Book One Community n Cabarrus Reads” program will focus on Edgerton’s second novel, “Walking Across Egypt,” giving local residents a number of ways to explore and enjoy the book.
Each branch of the Cabarrus County Public Library will host discussions of the book. The library branches and the Gem Theatre in Kannapolis will show the movie, “Walking Across Egypt.” The play, “Walking Across Egypt” will be performed at the Old Courthouse Theatre in Concord.
In addition to his creative writing workshop, Edgerton will attend a Concord reception, sign copies of his books at a meet-the author event, and perform with his musical group, “The Rank Strangers Band.”
For a full listing of program events, go to any branch of the Cabarrus County Public Library, or see www.cabarruscounty.us/library .
Writer-in-Residence returns from European reading and teaching tour
Dr. Janice Moore Fuller, Catawba College’s Writer-in-Residence, has returned from a reading and teaching tour in Europe.
She spent three weeks in May in Portugal doing a writing residency at Foundation Obras, the Centre for Art and Science. During that time, two of her poems “Laundry Day” and “Obras: Work in Progress” were selected to be displayed in English and Portugese as part of an art exhibition at Claustro do Câmara Municipal in the city of Estremoz.
In June, she read her poetry and conducted workshops at the Dylan Thomas Centre in Swansea, Wales, and at Ty Newydd, Wales’s national writing center. She also conducted a writing workshop “Poetry and the Body” and delivered a lecture on James Merrill and his poetry at London’s Troubadour Club.