Hear from the author about her latest book, "The Devil's Pulpit."
Part travel journal, part memoir, part story about a friendship, The Devil's Pulpit is a collection that seamlessly weaves together prose and poetry. Rooted by a mutual longing for information about family history, poet E.J. Wade and prose writer Karen Spears Zacharias traveled together, on the heels of a global pandemic, to study abroad in Scotland.
These two Appalachian women, one black, one white, abandoned hearth, home, and spouses, shrugging in dubious wonderment to live and study abroad together in a university flat along Scotland's River Ayr. Poet E.J. Wade and author Karen Spears Zacharias roamed from the depths of Finnich Glen to the outcroppings of Dunure Castle. Sometimes wishing they'd been raised by Buddhist Monks instead of by chain-smoking Appalachian mothers, these two University of the West of Scotland grad students embraced the wandering spirits of their matriarchal ancestors and left no ScotRail ticket unused. In Glasgow's Sloans Ballroom they danced a cèilidh. Hiking past windsurfers and golfers, they went in search of fairies and unearthed magical moments. They snuzzled Highland coos in Stranraer and stood gap-mouthed before the Falkirk Kelpies. Somewhere along Scotland's northernmost tip to its southernmost brigs, they forged a friendship that defies generations of racial animosity.
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AGE GROUP: | Adult |
EVENT TYPE: | Adult Program |
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