UNCA's Writers at Home Series Continues with Readings
by Ann Dunn and Joan Grant

UNC Asheville’s Writers at Home fall series continues with readings by Ann Dunn and Joan Grant at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19, at Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe, 55 Haywood St. Writers at Home is part of the Great Smokies Writing Program, a consortium of Western Carolina writers and UNCA’s Creative Writing Program. The event is free and open to the public.

Poet and dancer Ann Dunn is the owner of the Academy of Ballet and Contemporary Dance, artistic director of the Asheville Ballet and a UNCA Humanities Program adjunct instructor. She has published poetry in many anthologies and journals, including "Carolina Quarterly" and "The Laurel Review." Dunn’s most recent book is "Olde Woman." Her forthcoming book is "Broken Pearls: A Cycle for the Reconstruction of Chastity." She has produced and toured dance/poetry work, performing and reading in Chicago, New York and Italy. Dunn lives in Asheville and has five children.

Born and raised and New Orleans, Grant received her B.A. from Tulane University and then taught English at the Academy of the Sacred Heart. She studied creative writing as a residency student at the Warren Wilson M.F.A. Program for Writers and UNCA, where she was awarded the Thomas Wolfe Prize. Grant’s stories have appeared in "Louisiana Literature" and "Oxford Magazine." She lives with her husband in Asheville, where she is working on a story collection.

For more information, call the UNCA Department of Literature and Language at 828/251-6411.

Media Contacts:

• Tommy Hays, Great Smokies Writing Program Director, 828/254-1389
• Jill Yarnall, UNCA Public Information Assistant Director, 828/251-6526