Sherry Chandler

Mountain Heritage Literary Festival

If you ask a, shall we say pleasantly rounded, woman aged in the low-sixties to eat a heavy meal, then climb about a furlong or so of hill at a 45° angle with the temperature and the humidity both in the low nineties, well, it’s not a pretty picture.

Lincoln Memorial University is a picture pretty campus nestled in the valley just east of Cumberland Gap in Harrogate, Tennessee, and the Mountain Heritage Literary Festival 2008, as I experienced it, was 36 hours of intensive intellectual stimulation and unprecedented exercise. Factor in the campus-wide air conditioning problems, and you will understand why I’m just wanting to sit quiet this morning and practice my calming breath.

More on this later, but for right now, let me say that Maurice Manning is not only an world-class poet but he is also a great teacher, a rare and valuable combination. If you have a chance to experience a workshop led by Maurice, grab it.

1. Mountain Heritage Literary Festival
2. Mountain Heritage Festival
3. Kentucky Literary Awards for 2004
4. Kentucky Literary Newsletter and Calendar
5. Hi-Tech Literary Dumpster Diving

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