NC's Literary Lineage Lunch

Part of this year's Ashe County's Literary Festival was a lunch and presentation with Georgann Eubanks.  She has written three books that are guide books to different areas of NC and historic sites where authors have lived and worked.  There are more than 170 writers featured in Literary Trails of the North Carolina Mountains.

"Every book is a journey, carrying us into worlds unknown and familiar. Through them we learn about ourselves and others--the culture of whole communities, the poetry of place, and the daily chores, observances, and surprises of life among characters imagined and real.

Now suppose you combined the journey of a book--many books even--with an actual trip, say, a statewide tour of the places, people, and events described by those curious creators of books: in this case North Carolina's poets, playwrights, novelists, biographers, and essayists. Throughout history, our state's native and visiting writers have been a talented lot. Connecting their work and lives to actual places in North Carolina worth visiting is the idea behind this series...." Georgann Eubanks

After a delightful lunch that consisted of green and pasta salads, ham and cheese sandwiches, veggie wraps and chips, we were treated to a slide show of many of the authors that have lived, or stayed briefly, in North Carolina from the 1700's onward.  The list is long and includes F. Scott Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Margaret Mitchell, Thomas Wolfe and O. Henry.  Along with the slides, we were treated with stories of the authors exploits and readings from some of their works.

Everyone had a fun time and I am looking forward to reading her books and talking hubby into taking some of those day trips.