Common Word Community Read: Denise Kiernan, author of The Last Castle, in conversation with Wiley Cash

The Common Word Community Read, curated by New York Times bestselling author and fellow UNC Asheville alumnus, Wiley Cash ’00, brings the UNC Asheville community together to engage in a collective educational experience. Each semester, one book will serve as the focus of numerous virtual and in-person lectures and discussions that will allow participants to delve deeper into the text. Over the course of the academic year, participants will read one book each semester, gaining insights and sharing ideas in a welcoming and respectful environment. Learn more and pick up your copy of the spring 2022 community read selection: “The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation’s Largest Home” by Denise Kiernan. This event will be livestreamed on YouTube.

Join New York Times bestseller Denise Kiernan, author of “The Last Castle”, for an in-conversation event with Wiley Cash, Alumni Author-in-Residence at UNC-Asheville. The two will discuss how Kiernan went about researching and writing the book, including behind-the-scenes stories that were left out of the final draft. Kiernan will also discuss her career as a journalist and producer who has worked with The Village Voice and ESPN in a career that has taken her around the world.

Save your space by registering to attend the event.

For more information, visit: giving.unca.edu/alumni/the-common-word-community-read/

This is the final of three events for the Spring 2022 Common Word Community Read series. Additional events included a talk with Dan Pierce, professor of history, “What George Vanderbilt Saw: Asheville and the Western North Carolina Mountains in 1887 – 88” (February 8), and an exclusive documentary screening of America’s First Forest: Carl Schenck and the Asheville Experiment (March 22).

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