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| E.J. Stewart |
ASHEBORO – Share memories of North Carolina’s agricultural
past with playwright, oral historian and storyteller Ella Joyce (E.J.) Stewart
in “Sit-a-Spell,” 6 p.m. Thursday, March 24, at the Asheboro Public Library.
Stewart, the daughter of sharecroppers, will share stories
from the mid-20th Century, when “Y’all come sit-a-spell” was the call for
agricultural workers to take a break from hard work in the fields, or to relax
after church on a Sunday afternoon.
Stewart’s appearance is first in a series of visits by “Road
Scholars” from the North Carolina Humanities Council’s Many Stories, One People
project. It’s free and the public is invited.
Stewart, who lives in Raleigh, uses literary arts as a way
to create better communication across age, race, gender and class lines. She
has written three produced plays and her stories appear in several
publications.
She is a member of the North Carolina Association of Black
Storytellers and the National Association of Black Storytellers.
Mark your calendars for the other Road Scholar events at the
Asheboro library:
· “In Search of
the Real Founder of Christianity: Jesus of Nazareth or Saul of Tarsus,” with
Mars Hill College religion professor Dr. Walter Ziffer, 6 p.m. Tuesday, April
19; and
· “Sarah
McGuirk, Orphan Train Rider,” with fiction writer and essayist Tamra Wilson,
M.F.A., 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 21.
The project is made possible by funding from the North
Carolina Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the
National Endowment for the Humanities. Support is also provided by the Friends
of the Library.
The library is located at 201 Worth Street. For further
information, call 336-318-6803
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