2008 Woodie Awards
Joseph Bathanti poetry reading
Issue date: 11/9/07 Section: Features
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Joseph Bathanti, an award winning novelist and poet, will give a poetry reading on Monday, Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m. in Founders Gallery. He is currently professor of creative writing, and co-director of the Visiting Writers Series, at Appalachian State University.
Bathanti is the author of four books of poetry: "Communion Partners," "Anson County," "The Feast of All Saints," and "This Metal," which was nominated for The National Book Award and won the 1997 Oscar Arnold Young Award from The North Carolina Poetry Council.
His first novel, "East Liberty," was published in 2001 and was the winner of the Carolina Novel Award. His latest novel, "Coventry," was the winner of the 2006 Novello Literary Award. "They Changed the State: The Legacy of North Carolina's Visiting Artists, 1971-1995" is his book of nonfiction that was published in early 2007.
Most recently, his collection of short stories, "The High Heart," was the winner of the 2007 Spokane Prize and was published by Eastern Washington University Press in fall 2007.
Bathanti has won numerous national and state awards and his poetry, fiction, and non-fiction have been featured in publications and journals across the nation.
Bathanti is the author of four books of poetry: "Communion Partners," "Anson County," "The Feast of All Saints," and "This Metal," which was nominated for The National Book Award and won the 1997 Oscar Arnold Young Award from The North Carolina Poetry Council.
His first novel, "East Liberty," was published in 2001 and was the winner of the Carolina Novel Award. His latest novel, "Coventry," was the winner of the 2006 Novello Literary Award. "They Changed the State: The Legacy of North Carolina's Visiting Artists, 1971-1995" is his book of nonfiction that was published in early 2007.
Most recently, his collection of short stories, "The High Heart," was the winner of the 2007 Spokane Prize and was published by Eastern Washington University Press in fall 2007.
Bathanti has won numerous national and state awards and his poetry, fiction, and non-fiction have been featured in publications and journals across the nation.
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