April 6, 2025 | 3 pm @ Sinking Spring Presbyterian Church
• APRIL 6:Friends of the Washington County Public Library presentsMark Powellat the Sinking Spring Presbyterian Church, Abingdon, Va., at 3 p.m. Ron Rash has called Powell “the best Appalachian novelist of the current generation.” His seventh novel is “The Late Rebellion,” adramatization of social changes that have taken place in small towns where the older generation is clinging to older social norms and the younger generation is defying them. Underlying this is the legacy of violence in the South that resonates through generations. Powell teaches creative writing and contemporary fiction at Appalachian State University. He has degrees from the Citadel, the University of South Carolina, and Yale Divinity School. Part of the Sunday with Friends series. Free and open to the public. 276-676-6233, www.wcpl.net
Category: Literature