The Appalachian Veterans Arts & Humanities Collective is pleased to announce a residency by Teresa Fazio Thursday, April 4 and Friday, April 5, 2019 on the campus of Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C. exploring the importance of women’s voices regarding military service and especially the experiences of women combat veterans. This event is free and open to the campus and community.
Teresa Fazio was a Marine Corps communications officer from 2002-06, who deployed once to Iraq. Her writing has been published in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Foreign Policy and Task and Purpose, among other outlets. She has contributed to the anthologies “The Road Ahead,” “Retire the Colors” and “It’s My Country, Too.” Her awards include a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, the Consequence Magazine Fiction Prize, the Sven Birkerts Nonfiction Prize and a residency at Yaddo. Fazio earned a B.S. in physics from M.I.T., a Ph.D in materials science from Columbia University and an M.F.A. in nonfiction from the Bennington Writing Seminars. She currently lives in New York City.
Fazio will offer a public reading of her work, accompanied by a question and answer session, on Thursday, April 4 at 7:30 p.m. in Belk Library and Information Commons, Room 421. A reception will follow, and Appalachian’s Scholars Bookshop will be on hand to sell the anthology, “The Road Ahead.”
On Friday, April 5, from 4-7 p.m. in Belk Library and Information Commons, Room 421, Fazio will teach a writing workshop for all interested writers. Refreshment will be available.
Parking is free on campus after 5 p.m. The Library Parking Deck on College Street is the closest location. More information and maps, visit https://parking.appstate.edu.
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About the Appalachian Veterans Arts & Humanities Collective
The Appalachian Veterans Arts & Humanities Collective is a working group of Appalachian State University employees and students dedicated to providing ongoing, sustainable hands-on arts and humanities programs and workshops to campus veterans – as well as veterans and family members of veterans in the areas surrounding Watauga County and beyond. The Collective partners with other veterans constituencies and departments across Appalachian State’s campus to foster a consortium of thought, activity and scholarship to benefit in transformative ways our student veterans, our entire campus community, and the citizens of the greater community.
Teresa Fazio headshot
Teresa Fazio headshot