Appal Lit Workshop Bio>
Appal Lit is a literary workshop that began in October of 2012 at Solitude at Virginia Tech. The workshop is taught by Poet and Artist T. Byron Kelly and meets each Monday by appointment (3-5 pm) at Pilot Community Center from September to May. Visiting Appalachian Poets and Writers to the classroom and recent poetry events at Solitude have included Philip Church, Charles Lytton, Rose Klix, Sylvia Nickels, Janice Hornburg, Linda Hoagland, Kirk Judd and Michael Abraham. Appal Lit at Solitude was also made possible by Dr. Anita Puckett (Professor of Religion and Culture at Virginia Tech).
Appal Lit Objectives>
Appal Lit is a literary workshop that began in October of 2012 at Solitude at Virginia Tech. The workshop is taught by Poet and Artist T. Byron Kelly and meets each Monday by appointment (3-5 pm) at Pilot Community Center from September to May. Visiting Appalachian Poets and Writers to the classroom and recent poetry events at Solitude have included Philip Church, Charles Lytton, Rose Klix, Sylvia Nickels, Janice Hornburg, Linda Hoagland, Kirk Judd and Michael Abraham. Appal Lit at Solitude was also made possible by Dr. Anita Puckett (Professor of Religion and Culture at Virginia Tech).
Appal Lit Objectives>
- Revitalizing Appalachian Folk Traditions
- Elevating Appalachian Image and Identity
- Refine understanding of critical interpretive lenses
- Read and discuss a broad scope of literature (Appalachian and World)
- Online outreach and network skill sharing
- Essay analysis
- Essay-thesis overview
- Poems
- Sociolinguistics/dialectology/ language variationist analysis
- Recommended reading
- Improve Appalachian literacy with Literacy Volunteers of the New River Valley & WVArts Tutoring
