October 16 & 17, 2010, Charleston Civic Center

Writing About Race, Social Change and Identity

Saturday, October 16, 1 p.m., WV 103

How do you find the words to put on the page when what you are writing is sometimes "beyond words" - like issues of race and identity? How do you write into your story your vision for social change without sacrificing the readability? Heidi Durrow talks about her process writing her debut novel, The Girl Who Fell From the Sky, which was chosen by Barbara Kingsolver for the Bellwether Prize for Literature of Social Change.

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