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Monday, Nov. 21, 2005
Contact: Dave Wellman, Director of Communications, (304) 696-7153
 

Author of new essays on nature to read from his work Dec. 1

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Writer and essayist Jim Minick will read from his work at 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1 in the Memorial Student Center’s Shawkey Room on Marshall University’s Huntington campus.

Minick is the author of a new collection of essays on nature, Finding a Clear Path, published by West Virginia University Press.

His poems and essays have appeared in many books and periodicals including Orion, Shenandoah, Encyclopedia of Appalachia, Appalachian Journal, Appalachian Heritage, and Wind. Since 1996, Minick has written a regular column for The Roanoke Times New River Current as well as other articles that have appeared in major newspapers throughout the south.

Finding a Clear Path intertwines literature, agriculture, and ecology as Minick takes readers on journeys through the marvelous natural world, encountering monarch butterflies and morel mushrooms, beavers, black snakes, bloodroot and other subjects. A blueberry farmer, gardener and naturalist, Minick explores Appalachia with wit, sensitivity and wisdom.

Minick lives, writes and farms in southwest Virginia. He teaches writing and literature at Radford University.

His appearance is sponsored by the Marshall English Department and the College of Liberal Arts. For more information, persons may contact MU English professor Art Stringer at (304) 696-2403.

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