AUTHOR CHAT AND TEA AT MOSS LIBRARY IN HAYESVILLE, NC FRIDAY, AUGUST 24

Join Valerie Nieman at the library Friday, August 24, at 2:00 p.m. while she talks about her journey to publishing. This event is free and refreshments will be served. Valerie is the author of a novel, "Blood Clay"; a collection of short stories, "Fidelities"; and a poetry collection, "Wake Wake Wake." Her work has appeared in journals including "New Letters," "Poetry," the "North Carolina Literary Review," and the "Kenyon Review," and in several anthologies. She has received an NEA creative writing fellowship, two Elizabeth Simpson Smith awards in fiction, and the Greg Grummer Prize in poetry. Valerie graduated from West Virginia University and Queens Univ. of Charlotte. A longtime newspaper reporter and editor, she now teaches writing at North Carolina A&T State Univ. and serves as poetry editor of "Prime Number" magazine. This will be an informal event and Valerie will answer your questions.