Draughon Center, APLS hosting Terah Shelton Harris as visiting writer
The Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities at Auburn University and the Alabama Public Library Service will host novelist Terah Shelton Harris as a visiting writer Sept. 23-27, 2024.
The residency will include visits to public libraries in Oxford, Phenix City, Tallassee, Opelika and Enterprise. Harris will discuss "Long After We Are Gone," an explosive and emotional story of four siblings who return home in the wake of their father's death to save their family's home from being sold out from under them.
Terah Shelton Harris is a librarian and freelance writer, who now writes upmarket fiction with bittersweet endings. As a freelancer, her work has appeared in consumer and trade magazines including Catapult, Women's Health, Every Day with Rachael Ray, Backpacker, Minority Nurse and more. Her first novel, "One Summer in Savannah," was published in 2023.
For more information about the library programs, visit the CAH residencies website.
Tags: Center for the Arts and Humanities Community, Outreach and Engagement
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