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Author Pamela Duncan to lecture at Dalton State
Southern author Pamela Duncan, who has written “The Big Beautiful,” “Moon Women” and “Plant Life,” will speak at Dalton State College on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 7:30 p.m. in the Goodroe Auditorium of Memorial Hall.
Sponsored by the Fine Arts and Lecture Series committee and funded through the Office of Student Activities, the event is free and open to the public.
“Pamela Duncan is an award-winning author who writes about relationships, family, heartbreak and love,” said Jane Taylor, director of public relations at Dalton State. “Most of her stories are set in the North Carolina foothills and contain a great deal of local color and regional dialect that make them fun for folks in the region to read.”
“Moon Women” covers three generations of women who live together in Madison County, N.C. The Moons, including matriarch Marvelle, her daughters Ruth Ann and Cassandra, and granddaughter Ashley, find themselves living in the same home, separated by a secret only one of them can tell.
“The Big Beautiful” is the sequel to that story. It centers around Cassandra Moon’s decision to leave a bridegroom at the altar in search of adventure.
“‘Plant Life’ is the story of a woman who reluctantly returns to her hometown after her marriage breaks up, but then comes into contact with a group of textile mill workers who teach her a great deal about life,” Taylor adds.
Duncan, who was born in Asheville, N.C., earned a bachelor of arts in journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a master’s in English and creative writing from North Carolina State University. She lives in Cullowhee, N.C., and teaches creative writing at Western Carolina University.
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