Writer Marianne Gingher
| When |
Mar 30, 2011
from 07:00 PM to 08:30 PM |
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| Where | Shirley Recital Hall, FAC |
| Contact Name | culturalevents@salem.edu |
| Contact Phone | 336-917-5313 |
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Marianne
Gingher is a Salem
College alumna and author
of both fiction and non-fiction. Her
work has appeared in many periodicals and journals. Her novel, Bobby Rex's Greatest Hit, was made into
an NBC "Movie-of-the-Week" in 1992. Both Bobby Rex and Teen Angel,
her short-story collection, were recipients of ALA Notable and Best Book
awards. Her memoir, A Girl's Life,
received a Foreword Magazine
"Book of the Year" citation in 2001. Gingher has taught at Bread Loaf
Writers' Conference, Bennington, the Sewanee Writers' Conference, Hollins
University and UNC-Chapel Hill, where she directed the creative writing program
from 1997-2002. In 2008 she wrote Adventures in Pen Land: One Writer’s Journey
from Inklings to Ink, a memoir of how her career as a creative writer
began. In 2009 she put together Long Story Short
a compilation of 65 stories by North Carolina writers. Free.
After the reading there will be a reception and book signing.
