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2009-10-05 Author, Editor Mackall to Speak at YHC's Sellers Lecture
Monday, Oct. 5, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact: Denise Cook
(706) 379-5237, bdcook@yhc.edu
Author, Editor Dr. Joe Mackall to Speak at Annual Sellers Lecture
at Young Harris College
YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. - Young Harris College's Division of Humanities welcomes author and editor Joe Mackall, Ph.D., as the featured speaker for the annual Sellers Lecture. The event is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 7 p.m. in the Wilson Lecture Hall of Goolsby Center on the Young Harris College campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Dr. Mackall's Plain Secrets: an Outsider Among the Amish was described by Publisher's Weekly as "a deeply respectful account that never veers toward sensationalism." He is the co-founder and editor of River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative and co-editor of the River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Book Prize Series. He published his memoir, The Last Street Before Cleveland: An Accidental Pilgrimage in 2006 with the University of Nebraska Press. His articles have been published in a number of newspapers and magazines, including The Washington Post, and his essays have appeared in several anthologies, literary journals, and recently on NPR's "Morning Edition."
Dr. Mackall received a B.A. in English from Cleveland State University, an M.A. in English from the University of C. Oklahoma, an M.F.A. in fiction writing from Bowling Green State University and a Ph.D. in English from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He is co-director of the creative writing program and director of the journalism program at Ohio's Ashland University.
The Sellers Lecture Series was established to honor Bettie M. Sellers, professor emeritus at Young Harris College and noted Georgia poet. Sellers taught English and served as chair of the Division of Humanities at Young Harris College. After 32 years of service, she retired in 1997. She was named Author of the Year in 1979 by the Dixie Council of Authors and Journalists, and she received the Governor's Award in the Humanities in 1987. In 1992, she was named Poet of the Year by the American Pen Women. In 1997, she was named Poet Laureate of Georgia by then-governor Zell Miller, a position she held for three years. She received a lifetime achievement award from the Georgia Writers Association in 2004.
About Young Harris College
Founded in 1886, Young Harris College is a private, baccalaureate degree-granting college located in the beautiful mountains of north Georgia. Historically affiliated with The United Methodist Church, Young Harris College educates, inspires and empowers students through the highest quality liberal arts education. Long known for nurturing students during the first two years of college, Young Harris College received accreditation in 2008 to grant bachelor's degrees. The College currently has approximately 700 students across four divisions-Fine Arts, Humanities, Mathematics and Science, and Social and Behavioral Science-and plans to increase enrollment to 1,200 over the next few years. The historic campus in Young Harris, Ga., is currently undergoing major campus improvements to accommodate the College's growth. For more information, visit www.yhc.edu.
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