# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Marc Harshman: Dispatch from the Mountain State at Four Seasons Books
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 14 Nov, 2025 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join West Virginia Poet Laureate Marc Harshman for an evening of poems that speak to the heart of contemporary Appalachia. In his new collection, Dispatch from the Mountain State (WVU Press), Harshman moves through our shared crises and small salvations with a steady, clear eye. The poems look head-on at the forces shaping daily life in the region, from public health to industry, while finding surprise, tenderness, and grit in the moments that hold us together.

About the book

This collection gathers more than forty poems that balance intimacy with witness. Harshman’s lines feel both dreamlike and familiar, turning toward race and community, the long tail of the pandemic, and the scars of extractive work, including a searing long poem on mining titled “The Breach.” The result is a voice that dazzles with vivid images and rings true to the lives of contemporary Appalachians, never sentimental, always attentive.

About the author

Marc Harshman serves as Poet Laureate of West Virginia. He has published eight collections of poetry, including Woman in Red Anorak and Believe What You Can, and is the author or coauthor of fourteen children’s books. He was named the Appalachian Heritage Writer for 2024 by Shepherd University’s Appalachian Studies program. Harshman studied at Bethany College, Yale Divinity School, and the University of Pittsburgh, and lives in Wheeling, WV.

Event details

6:00 PM reading and conversation

Audience Q&A to follow

Book signing on site with copies of Dispatch from the Mountain State available for purchase

Free to attend with RSVP. Seating is limited. To request ADA seating or other accommodations, please email us and we will make it work. Buying your book at Four Seasons Books supports this event and helps us keep bringing authors to Shepherdstown.
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Shepherdstown
- **state**: WV
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 114 W German St, Shepherdstown, WV, United States, West Virginia 25443
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- **full address**: 114 W German St, Shepherdstown, WV, United States, West Virginia 25443

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 14 Nov, 2025 at 06:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
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  - **A:** Four Seasons Books
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