LUNCH WITH BOOKS: Wheeling Poetry Series - Diane Gilliam Fisher

August 01, 2017
12:00pm - 12:00pm

Diane Gilliam Fisher grew up in Columbus, Ohio, daughter of parents who were part of the post-war Appalachian outmigration, from Mingo County West Virginia and Johnson County Kentucky. Gilliam’s first book, One of Everything (2003), tells the stories of four generations of women in her family, beginning on Stepp Mountain in eastern Kentucky and ending in a shopping mall in Akron., Ohio. Her second book, Kettle Bottom (2004), a Pushcart Prize winner and Ohioana Library Association Book of the Year in Poetry, showcases the voices of people living in the coal camps at the time of the 1920-21 West Virginia Mine Wars. Gilliam was awarded the 2008 Chaffin Award for Appalachian Writing. She earned a PhD from Ohio State and MFA from Warren Wilson University. 

Wheeling Poetry Series is hosted by West Virginia Poet Laureate Marc Harshman. 

Lunch With Books programs are free and open to the public. Attendees are welcome to bring a bag lunch and complimentary beverages are provided. Call the library at 304-232-0244.