Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle’s debut novel, Even As We Breathe, was released by the University
Press of Kentucky in 2020 and was named one of NPR’s Best Books of 2020. Elizabeth Blair of
NPR called it “a novel of intimacy and poignancy but also an exploration of how war and racism
affect people’s daily lives.” In 2021, The book was honored with the Thomas Wolfe Memorial
Literary Award. Clapsaddle is a former high school teacher, former co-editor of the Journal of
Cherokee Studies and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Museum of the Cherokee
Indian and as President of the Board of Trustees for the North Carolina Writers Network.
Participants will be presented with exemplar texts in literary dialog, led through an analysis of
these texts, and be provided with prompted opportunities to improve their craft of fictional
dialog. Registration is $25 for members of Triangle East Writers (TEW); $50 for nonmembers
and includes a one-year membership to TEW; and free for students registered at Johnston
Community College. Lunch provided. Learn more at JCArtsCouncil.org or call (919) 934-9166
x228.