Thomas Wolfe at the Door: A Close Look at Asheville's Famous Novelist

Name: Thomas Wolfe at the Door: A Close Look at Asheville's Famous Novelist
Start: 2024-10-03T15:00:00-04:00
Location: 1030 Merrimon Ave, Asheville, NC, United States, North Carolina 28804

Schedule

Thu Oct 03 2024 at 03:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

1030 Merrimon Ave, Asheville, NC, United States, North Carolina 28804 | Asheville, NC

This event is free and open to the public.
Asheville’s native son Thomas Wolfe was the first writer from Appalachia to achieve national prominence. His debut novel Look Homeward, Angel stunned the literary world, and when the citizens of Asheville read his portrayal of their neighbors—and of themselves—they became so enraged that Wolfe was exiled from home for eight years. Come see how Wolfe’s life in Asheville shaped his writing and how his writing shaped his life.
A retired English professor, Tom Hearron is the president of the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Advisory Committee, and isn’t ashamed to say that reading Wolfe changed his life.