Special to the Register
RICHMOND —
Eastern Kentucky University Professor of English Sherry Robinson and Foundation Professor Emeritus of English Dorothy Sutton have been invited to The Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written Word, a three-day literary festival presented by Humanities Tennessee.
Sutton, author of “Backing Into Mountains,” who taught in EKU’s Department of English and Theatre for more than three decades and served for many years as co-director of the EKU Creative Writing Conference, also attended the festival last year.
Robinson’s first book, “My Secrets Cry Aloud,” was published in 2009. She has served EKU for 17 years and is currently Executive Assistant to the Provost for policy and processes. She is working on her second novel, “Blessed.”
The festival, which includes more than 200 authors from all over the country and in every genre, will be conducted Oct. 8-10 on the War Memorial Plaza in Nashville. Free and open to the public, it will include readings, panel discussions and book signings.
In addition to Robinson and Sutton, authors participating this year include Amy Greene, Jill McCorkle, Sharyn McCrumb, Lee Smith and Fred Thompson.
