Roanoke Times
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DATE: SATURDAY, February 16, 1991 TAG: 9102160076
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The daylong round of readings and panel discussions will take place at the college on Saturday, March 16.
Everything is free and open to the public. Registration will begin at 9:30 a.m. in Main Building.
Chute came to prominence in 1985 as the author of "The Beans of Egypt, Maine," a novel about rural poverty in her native state. "What Faulkner did for Mississipi," said a critic in The Village Voice, "Chute does for Maine."
Chute also is the author of "Letourneau's Used Auto Parts."
Giardina is a West Virginian who grew up in a coal camp and wrote of the mining culture in her novels, "King Harry" and "Storming Heaven." She is 1991 writer-in-residence at Hollins.
Anderson's work characteristically focuses on small-town and rural America, setting life there against world events. Her poetry collections are "Cold Comfort" and "Years That Answer." She teaches at Kent State University.
The festival's afternoon panel discussion of poetry will be led by Anderson, Jeanne Larsen and Eric Trethewey. Larsen and Tretheway are authors and members of the Hollins faculty. The work of finalists in the festival's student poetry contest will be read during the afternoon session.
Those who attend the festival are invited to buy lunch in the Hollins Dining Room and to meet the authors after the festival at a reception in Dana Lounge.
Additional information about the festival is available at 362-6452.
by CNB