An Author Event featuring Wes Blake in conversation with Charles Dodd White

Name: An Author Event featuring Wes Blake in conversation with Charles Dodd White
Start: 2024-11-10T15:00:00-05:00
Location: 517 Union Ave, Knoxville, TN, United States, Tennessee 37902

Schedule

Sun Nov 10 2024 at 03:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

517 Union Ave, Knoxville, TN, United States, Tennessee 37902 | Knoxville, TN

Union Ave Books is excited to present Wes Blake for Pineville Trace. Wes will be in conversation with Knoxville author and professor Charles Dodd White on Sunday, November 10th at 3pm at our bookstore. This is a free event. Please RSVP via the ticket link.
ABOUT THE BOOK
After being sentenced to a minimum-security prison in eastern Kentucky, former southern revival preacher and confidence man, Frank Russet, escapes. Taking only a cat named Buffalo and a desire to outrun his former life, he journeys to the fringes of society. As he struggles to survive, Frank confronts his past, seeking redemption amidst the wilderness. As Frank traverses the shadowy edges of society, he encounters remnants of his former self, forcing him to confront his deepest regrets and desires. Blake’s haunting prose captures the essence of a man on the brink of transformation, urging readers to ponder the thin line between redemption and damnation.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Wes Blake’s fiction and essays have appeared in Louisiana Literature Journal, Blood & Bourbon, Book of Matches, Jelly Bucket, White Wall Review, and elsewhere. His novella, Pineville Trace, won the Etchings Press Book Prize at the University of Indianapolis. Lee Martin, author of the Pulitzer Prize Finalist, The Bright Forever, described him as "a writer to watch." His novel, Antenna, was a semifinalist for the UNO Press Lab Prize. He holds an MFA from the Bluegrass Writers Studio. He lives in Kentucky.
ABOUT THE CONVERSATION PARTNER
Charles Dodd White is the author of four novels, a short story collection, and a memoir. He has received the Appalachian Book of the Year Award and the Chaffin Award for his fiction. He lives in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he teaches English at Pellissippi State Community College.