

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Writing Rural America: A Public Conversation on Place-Based Writing
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 25 Oct, 2025 at 05:30 pm
- **Event Description**: You’re invited to Writing Rural America, a public conversation with Appalachian authors David Joy, Maurice Manning, Crystal Wilkinson &amp; Karen Spears Zacharias.

Event Schedule:
❖ 5 p.m. – Doors open 
❖ 5:30 p.m. – Program starts
❖ Introduction by Tremont President &amp; CEO Catey McClary
❖ Brief author interviews led by Smokies Life Creative Services Director Frances Figart and Tremont Manager of Field and College Programs Jeremy Lloyd 
❖ Author discussion 
❖ Audience Q&amp;A
❖ Following – Book signings with all four authors with books available for purchase.

Free to the public – no RSVP or ticket is required!

Writing Rural America is a part of the Tremont Writers Conference hosted by Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont in partnership with Smokies Life. Support for Appalachian Life in Literature is made possible by Tennessee Arts Commission and Southland Books. This event is held in memory of Debbie Ellis.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/maryville/writing-rural-america-a-public-conversation-on-place-based-writing/200028856737625
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, business, conferences
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 42

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Maryville
- **state**: TN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Blount County Public Library
- **lat**: 35.758658849036
- **long**: -83.972503524274
- **full address**: Blount County Public Library, 508 N Cusick St, Maryville, TN 37804-5714, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont (https://allevents.in/org/great-smoky-mountains-institute-at-tremont/26676836)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 25 Oct, 2025 at 05:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Blount County Public Library, 508 N Cusick St, Maryville, TN 37804-5714, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, business, conferences
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Writing Rural America: A Public Conversation on Place-Based Writing ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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