Written & Spoken Word

2026 Thomas Wolfe Short Story Book Club

at the Thomas Wolfe Memorial in downtown Asheville, North Carolina

Start Date:

March 12, 2026

End Date:

when:

7:00-8:00 PM

where:

Thomas Wolfe Memorial State Historic Site, 52 North Market Street, Asheville NC 28801

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Stay tuned for details as we explore three great Thomas Wolfe short stories that parallel and reinforce Wilma Dykeman's three core values:

January 8: "Fame and the Poet" through the lens of The Power of the Written and Spoken Word

February 12: "His Father's Earth" through the lens of Environmental Integrity

March 12: "The Child by Tiger" through the lens of Social Justice. This is THomas Wolfe's account of a mass shooting and subsequent lynching that occurred in downtown Asheville in 1906. It is a direct exploration of the human heart with regard to race during the Jim Crow era.

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This project is supported by:

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This project is also supported by ArtsAVL, Buncombe County Government, and the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.