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“In The Valley” With Author Ron Rash

WUTC | By Ray Bassett

Published November 6, 2020 at 2:48 PM EST

Ron Rash is the next author in the Virtual South Bound Lecture Series.

Next Thursday at 6 PM, he will talk online about his latest book "In the Valley," a collection of short stories and a novella based on his New York Times bestseller "Serena."

Ron is a two-time winner of the O. Henry Prize who teaches at Western Carolina University in North Carolina - and he belongs to the Fellowship of Southern Writers.

I spoke with him - and Lynda LeVan, executive director of Southern Lit Alliance, which hosts the South Bound lecture series.