Tawnysha Greene to Read at KWG Program

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Oct. 14, 2015 - PRLog -- The Knoxville Writers' Guild's Thursday, Nov. 5 program will feature special guest Tawnysha Greene, author of "A House Made of Stars" (Burlesque Press, 2015).

The event, which will be open to the public, begins at 7 p.m. at the Laurel Theater, at the corner of Laurel Avenue and 16^th Street in Fort Sanders. A $2 donation is requested at the door. The building is handicapped accessible. Additional parking is available at Redeemer Church of Knoxville, 1642 Highland Ave.

Greene, who teaches at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, said, "I will be reading several excerpts from 'A House Made of Stars' and answering any questions members may have about writing and publishing."

Her debut novel is the story about a young girl, ten years old and hard-of-hearing, who attempts to cope with her family’s descent into poverty and desperation. She takes care of her deaf sister as her parents move them from place to place and slowly comes to understand the real source of the family’s sufferings. The book started as a project for a fiction writing class at UT, where Greene received her PhD and served as the fiction editor for "Grist: The Journal for Writers." Her work has appeared in "PANK," "Bellingham Review" and "Weave Magazine." Copies of "A House Made of Stars" will be available for purchase at the event.