The Jesse Stuart Foundation proudly presents

The Jack Ellis Writers Workshop

Jesse Stuart Lodge – Greenbo Lake State Resort Park

June 21-22, 2024

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Writers Workshop scheduled for June 21-22

Well into his sixties and with a history of heart problems, Jesse Stuart continued to write and publish at an incredible pace. He also continued to teach and directed seven creative writing workshops at Murray State University from 1969 to 1977. The University established the summer workshop program a year after conferring an honorary doctorate upon Stuart. The program began with fifty-eight students in 1969 and gradually peaked at [...]

True Christmas Stories From the Heart of Appalachia makes for a great Christmas gift

“True Christmas Stories From the Heart of Appalachia,” is a book that captures the spirit of Christmas in 43 stories by 39 authors. Thirty-five of the stories are from Kentucky and the others are from neighboring states. This book was sponsored by JSF Board Member Ron Cartee and his wife Diane and dedicated to their great-niece, Rhonda Nunley, a Greenup county educator who died of cancer on December 3, [...]

Another World: Ballet Lessons from Appalachia

After five years of intense research and thoughtful writing, Jesse Stuart Foundation Board Member Edwina Pendarvis has published “Another World: Ballet Lessons from Appalachia.” This boundary-crossing book views ballet through the eyes of twenty-four Appalachian women — most from the Tri-State area — who began their ballet lessons in childhood. Ballet is not a dance form people generally associate with Appalachia, but it is central to the lives of [...]

Book reprints, Writers Workshop on agenda for 2024

For more than four decades, the Jesse Stuart Foundation has been preserving the human and literary legacy of one of America’s most popular and influential writers.  We have published more than 155 books, keeping Stuart’s books in print while also advancing the works of other Kentucky and Appalachian writers. With support from friends like you, the JSF has made important literature available to several generations of readers. As we [...]

By |November 16, 2023|Categories: James M. Gifford, Jesse Stuart Foundation|

Regional Readers group meeting Nov. 28

The Regional Readers book discussion group will meet on Tuesday, November 28 in the former JSF Conference Room (now Right Eye Graphics). Lunch and conversation at 1 p.m.; book discussion at 2:30 p.m. The November selection is Missing Christmas: My Life in the Depression and World War II by Jack D. Ellis. Ellis was one of almost 16 million soldiers who answered our country’s call during World War II.  [...]

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