Brent Martin Recognized at Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award Event

Brent Martin

    Author and conservationist Brent Martin who spoke to NetWest members on Writers' Night Out in July, is a finalist for the 2022 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award.  The award is presented by the Western North Carolina Historical Association to the best WNC author or book.  The ceremony is Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, in a ceremony at 5 pm in the  at UNC-Asheville Reuter Center, , Asheville, 28804.

    The event will be held in the Manheimer Room at the Reuter Center at UNC-Asheville, 300 Campus View Rd, Ashville, NC. It will also be livestreamed via Zoom and recorded for those who cannot attend in person.

    Martin is author of George Masa's Wild Vision: A Japanese Immigrant Imagines Western North Carolina.  He spoke to NetWest members about his book and Masa and his photography. 

    Other finalists chosen from an original group of 34 nominations include:

Anne Chesky Smith - Murder at Asheville's Battery Park Hotel: The Search for Helen Clevenger's Killer;

Lance Greene - Their Determination to Remain: A Cherokee Community's Resistance to the Trail of Tears;

Heather Newton - McMullen Circle; and

John Ross - Through the Mountains: The French Broad River and Time.

    The event is free and open to the public but registration is required and a ticket/Zoom link will be emailed to attendees. If you are able, please consider making a donation with your registration. Donations are placed into a community fund and help us offer tickets to other events at no-cost for those who would be otherwise unable to attend.
       Originated by the Louis Lipinsky family and now supported by the Ruth Siegel and Jacques Sartisky Foundation and the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Advisory Board, WNCHA has presented the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award annually for printed works that focus special attention on Western North Carolina since 1955 when Wilma Dykeman was presented the award for The French Broad.

    The December 13, 2022 award ceremony will celebrate the five finalists for the 2022 award with readings and remarks by each author.