Leigh Allison Wilson
Leigh Allison Wilson, (born October 23, 1957) is an American short story writer, and teacher. Her work has appeared in ''Harper's'', ''Grand Street'', and the ''Southern Review''. Her story "Bullhead" was read on National Public Radio in 2008. Biography Wilson was born in Rogersville, Tennessee. She graduated from Williams College, '' magna cum laude'', studied at University of Virginia, and graduated from Iowa Writers' Workshop with an MFA. She resides in Oswego, New York, where she teaches at the State University of New York at Oswego. She teaches at University of Nebraska, Omaha. Wilson's first book of stories, ''From the Bottom Up'', was published by Penguin Books and won the Flannery O'Connor Award from the University of Georgia Press The University of Georgia Press or UGA Press is the university press of the University of Georgia, a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Athens, Georgia. It is the oldest and largest publishing house in Georgia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Rogersville, Tennessee
Rogersville is a town in, and the county seat of, Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States. It was settled in 1775 by the grandparents of Davy Crockett. It is named for its founder, Joseph Rogers. Tennessee's second oldest courthouse, the Hawkins County Courthouse, first newspaper ''The Knoxville Gazette'', and first post office are all located in Rogersville. The Rogersville Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Rogersville is part of the Kingsport– Bristol (TN)– Bristol (VA) Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol, TN- VA Combined Statistical Area – commonly known as the "Tri-Cities" region. The population of Rogersville as of the 2010 census was 4,671. History Settlement background In 1775, the grandparents of Davy Crockett, a future member of the United States Congress from Tennessee and hero of the Alamo, settled in the Watauga colony in the area in what is today Rogersvil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Oswego, New York
Oswego () is a city in Oswego County, New York, United States. The population was 16,921 at the 2020 census. Oswego is located on Lake Ontario in Upstate New York, about 35 miles (55km) northwest of Syracuse. It promotes itself as "The Port City of Central New York." It is the county seat of Oswego County. The city of Oswego is bordered by the towns of Oswego, Minetto, and Scriba to the west, south, and east, respectively, and by Lake Ontario to the north. Oswego Speedway is a nationally known automobile racing facility. The State University of New York at Oswego is located just outside the city on Lake Ontario. History Early history The British established a trading post in the area in 1722 and fortified it with a log palisade later called Fort Oswego, named after the native Iroquois place name "os-we-go" meaning "pouring out place." The first fortification on the site of the current Fort Ontario was built by the British in 1755 and called the "Fort of the Six Nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |