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| Jill McCorkle |
ASHEBORO
– Novelist and Lumberton native Jill McCorkle, who has the distinction of
having her first two books published simultaneously, will keynote the Friends
of the Randolph County Public Library Annual Meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, May
11, at the Sunset Theater in downtown Asheboro.
McCorkle’s
appearance, sponsored by the Heart of North Carolina Visitors Bureau, the
City of Asheboro and the Friends of the Library, is free and the public is
invited.
Those
first two novels — The Cheerleader and July 7th, published
on the same day in 1984 by Algonquin Books — have been followed by four others,
including Ferris Beach, Carolina Moon, Tending to Virginia
and Life After Life. She is also author of four short story collections.
Five
of McCorkle’s books have been named New York Times Notable Books. She is
recipient of the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature, the North Carolina Award
for Literature and the New England Booksellers Award.
Her
short stories have appeared in numerous literary magazines, and five have been
included in Best American Short Stories.
McCorkle
teaches creative writing in the MFA program at North Carolina State University
and is a core faculty member of the Bennington College Writers Seminars. She
also has taught at the University of North Carolina, Tufts University, Brandeis
University and Harvard.
She
currently resides in Hillsborough with her husband, photographer Tom Rankin.
The
Sunset Theatre is located at 234 Sunset Avenue. For further information, call
336-318-6803.
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