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 KWG Weekly Update
Keep up with events as they occur and watch for the
East Tennessee Writer every month!
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KWG Has Jobs to be Filled. Interested?
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Enjoy being involved! KWG needs willing candidates to fill the roles of treasurer and membership database manager. There is so much satisfaction in working closely with the KWG board. Watch the next East Tennessee Writer for a a detailed job description for both those positions.
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August Speaker Tells Publishing
Tactics
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Learn new tactics for succeeding in a changed publishing industry! At the next Knoxville Writers' Guild meeting, author John Tullock will help writers understand how to navigate this new world. The event, which will be open to the public, will begin at 7 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 2 at the Laurel Theater, at the corner of Laurel Avenue and 16th Street in Fort Sanders. A $2 donation is requested at the door. The building is handicapped accessible. Additional parking is available at Redeemer Church of Knoxville, 1642 Highland Ave. Click here for more
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Bring Snacks to Guild Meeting!
Snacks make a good time better! If you think about it, bring along a snack to share at the Aug. 2 Guild meeting. Boxed cookies, crackers, chips, or your favorite munchies will be fine. Thanks!
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Recognitions and Events
Jack H. McCall
Attend a book signing and reading with Jack H. McCall Jr. at Union Ave Books on Tuesday, July 24, at 6 p.m. Mcall is editor of Pacific Time on Target, the gritty combat memoir of Marine Corps artilleryman and forward observer, Christopher Donner. As a married man and Stanford graduate student nearing thirty, Christopher Donner would likely have qualified for an exemption from the draft. Like most of his generation, however, he responded promptly to the call to arms after Pearl Harbor. His wartime experiences in the Pacific Theater were seared into his consciousness, and in early 1946 he set out to preserve those memories while they were still fresh. Sixty-five years later, Donner s memoir is now available to the public. Union Ave Bookstore is located at 517 Union Ave in downtown Knoxville. Call (865) 951-2180
Linda Parsons Marion Linda Parsons Marion's poem "Snapshot" was chosen recently by Ted Kooser, former U.S. Poet Laureate, for American Life in Poetry, a weekly newspaper and online column featuring contemporary American poetry ( http://www.americanlifeinpoetry.org/ ).
Margy Ragsdale
KWG member Margy Ragsdale is directing a play, "Tuna Does Vegas," as part of the Clayton Center Community Theater Festival. The performances at the Festival are 6 PM on July 28, 2 PM on July 29. After the Festival, Theatre Knoxville will take its play for an August 3 - 29 run at its Gay Street theater.
Jay Searcy
KWG member Jay Searcy's book, "The Last Reunion, was featured in Ina Hughes' Sunday Books column on July 22. Searcy, Oak Ridge High School Class of 1952, has become a memory-keeper for the 11,000 Oak Ridge children who lived in isolation with their families during World War II's race for the atomic bomb. Now in their mid to late 70s, they are becoming the only storytellers left who bear witness to this crucial chapter in American history. Searcy's collection of his classmates' stories culminated in the publication of The Last Reunion: The Class of 1952 Comes Home to the Secret City. Humorist Judy DiGregorio, author of LIFE AMONG THE LILLIPUTIANS, MEMORIES OF A LOOSE WOMAN, and JEST JUDY (CD), is the guest speaker for a Brown Bag Lunch Seminar at the Y-12 National Security Complex on July 26 at Jack Case Center. She will speak on the humor-filled life. Judy will also be heard on the Tennessee Shines WDVX Live Radio Show on July 30 during the 7 PM show. She will read two of her humorous stories. |
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Top Ten Topics for Writers!
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Submit Your News!
Send your news of readings, writers and writers' events to the KWG Weekly Update, Kelly Norrell, webmistress, at norrellmedia@gmail.com, and to the East Tennessee Writer, Daryl Yearwood, Editor, at daryl.yearwood@yahoo.com.
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 *Is your Guild membership current?
Life gets busy, and sometimes we forget. Please update your Guild membership and rejoin your Knoxville-area circle of writers, publishers, poets, and performers. To renew, please visit http://www.knoxvillewritersguild.org/orderpaypal.htmIf you are unsure about your membership status, please contact the Guild's Membership Coordinator. Click here.
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Disclaimer: As a service to members, KWG shares announcements of literary competitions and publishing opportunities. If you have any questions about the listings, please contact the sponsor. Unless specifically noted, these are not KWG-sponsored projects.
The Knoxville Writers' Guild meets the first Thursday of each month at the Laurel Theatre, 16 St. and Laurel Ave., Knoxville, TN at 7:00pm. For more information about the Guild, visit www.knoxvillewritersguild.org.
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