Exile From Altamont? Race and Belonging in Thomas Wolfe's Asheville Mini-symposium day 2

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Sat, Feb 17, 2024
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

2024-02-17T14:30:00-05:00

2024-02-17T16:30:00-05:00

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Pack Memorial Library
67 Haywood St, Asheville, NC 28801, USA

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Join the Buncombe County Special Collections and our partners from the Thomas Wolfe Memorial and Vance Birthplace State Historic Sites for a mini-symposium examining issues of race in Thomas Wolfe’s Asheville and how those themes continue to impact our community in the present.

Saturday, February 17, 2024, 2:30 pm, Lord Auditorium
Dr. Darin Waters (Deputy Secretary of Archives and History for North Carolina) and Dr. Kevin Young (Appalachian State University) will present short lectures on Thomas Wolfe’s examination of race in his works Welcome to Our City and Child By Tiger followed by a facilitated Q&A.

Light refreshments will be provided courtesy of the Mountain History and Culture Group.