{"id":15379,"date":"2024-03-19T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/?p=15379"},"modified":"2024-03-19T09:42:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T13:42:07","slug":"join-wilkes-alum-and-guest-artist-leah-vernon-for-writing-workshops-on-march-19-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2024\/03\/19\/join-wilkes-alum-and-guest-artist-leah-vernon-for-writing-workshops-on-march-19-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Join Wilkes Alum and Guest Artist Leah Vernon for Writing Workshops and a Reading on March 19 &#038; 20"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Wilkes University English Department, as part of its Allan Hamilton Dickson Spring Writers Series, will host guest artist and Wilkes alum Leah Vernon for two writing workshops and a reading from her new memoir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vernon will visit the <strong>ENG 303 Advanced Fiction Workshop in Kirby 103 from 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday, March 19<\/strong>, and the <strong>Creative Writing Workshop in Kirby 103 from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m.<\/strong> on Wednesday, March 20. These workshops are open to Wilkes students, faculty and staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vernon will read from her newest work at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 20, in the Kirby Hall Salon. The reading, followed by a book signing, is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also known as Leah V, the author earned her master of fine arts degree in creative writing from Wilkes University. She tells her story in the memoir&nbsp;<em>Unashamed: Musings of a Fat, Black Muslim<\/em>&nbsp;and explores futuristic fiction in her dystopian novels&nbsp;<em>The Union<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>The Dissent<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/news.wilkes.edu\/2024\/03\/12\/english-department-to-host-wilkes-alum-and-guest-artist-leah-vernon-on-march-20\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.wilkes.edu\/2024\/03\/12\/english-department-to-host-wilkes-alum-and-guest-artist-leah-vernon-on-march-20\/\">news.<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/news.wilkes.edu\/2024\/03\/12\/english-department-to-host-wilkes-alum-and-guest-artist-leah-vernon-on-march-20\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.wilkes.edu\/2024\/03\/12\/english-department-to-host-wilkes-alum-and-guest-artist-leah-vernon-on-march-20\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wilkes<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/news.wilkes.edu\/2024\/03\/12\/english-department-to-host-wilkes-alum-and-guest-artist-leah-vernon-on-march-20\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.wilkes.edu\/2024\/03\/12\/english-department-to-host-wilkes-alum-and-guest-artist-leah-vernon-on-march-20\/\">.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AHD-Leah-Vernon-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AHD-Leah-Vernon-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AHD-Leah-Vernon-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AHD-Leah-Vernon-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AHD-Leah-Vernon-1-930x620.jpg 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wilkes University English Department, as part of its Allan Hamilton Dickson Spring Writers Series, will host guest artist and Wilkes alum Leah Vernon for two writing workshops and a reading from her new memoir. Vernon will visit the ENG 303 Advanced Fiction Workshop in Kirby 103 from 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday, March&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2024\/03\/19\/join-wilkes-alum-and-guest-artist-leah-vernon-for-writing-workshops-on-march-19-20\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Join Wilkes Alum and Guest Artist Leah Vernon for Writing Workshops and a Reading on March 19 &#038; 20<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-staff","category-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15379"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15511,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15379\/revisions\/15511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}