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Crystal Wilkinson<\/p><\/div>\n

Award-winning author and former Kentucky poet laureate Crystal Wilkinson will discuss the role food plays in her writing on October 18, at 6 p.m., in UNC Asheville\u2019s Highsmith Student Union, Blue Ridge Room.<\/p>\n

Drawing from material from her forthcoming food memoir with recipes, Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts<\/em>, Wilkinson will be in conversation with UNC Asheville English professor, Erica Abrams Locklear. In their discussion, Wilkinson will explore how food functions as inspiration, a tie to one\u2019s past, and an important marker of cultural identity. This is the third in the Thomas Howerton lecture series, \u201cDiverse Roots at the Common Table: Culinary Conversations in the American South.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wilkinson, a recent fellowship recipient of the Academy of American Poets, is also the author of a forthcoming culinary memoir, Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks<\/em>, a collection of poems, Perfect Black<\/em>, and three works of fiction \u2014 The Birds of Opulence<\/em>, Water Street <\/em>and<\/p>\n

Blackberries, Blackberries<\/em>. She currently teaches at the University of Kentucky where she is the Bush-Holbrook Professor in Creative Writing.<\/p>\n

Malaprop\u2019s Bookstore will have copies of Wilkinson\u2019s books available, and there will be book signing following the event.<\/p>\n

Attendance is free, but registration is required. To attend the event in person, please register here:\u00a0https:\/\/forms.gle\/PtvrKjWAK7mg82167<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

To watch a livestream version of the event, please visit this link at 6 p.m. on October 18: https:\/\/youtube.com\/live\/zfzoZhOWEhk?feature=share<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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