SHEPHERDSTOWN The 26th Annual Appalachian Heritage Festival is nearly ready to commence, with its busy schedule beginning next Friday and ending on Sept. 30
SHEPHERDSTOWN On Monday night, community members and teachers interested in learning about Appalachia alike gathered together in the Robert C. Byrd Center f
SHEPHERDSTOWN The Appalachian Heritage Festival kicked off this past weekend, with a series of events celebrating Appalachian culture, including storytellin
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HUNTINGTON Marie Manilla has been selected as the 2021 Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence, and her award-winning novel, âThe Patron Saint of Ugly,â was chosen as the One Book One West Virginia Common Read Author.
The Huntington native moved to Texas after college, working as a graphic designer and seeking to learn about other cultures within the United States, but soon found people were more alike than different, she said. After earning her master of fine arts, she returned to West Virginia and began writing seriously, initially considering herself a short story writer and publishing in a range of journals, exploring what she calls âthose pivotal moments in charactersâ lives that forever change them for better or worse.â