 PCC Developmental English instructors Jennifer Leigh, Allison Flowers, Sallie Stone and Cheri White, left to right, enjoy Edwin Franklin's humorous recitation of Clyde Edgerton's "The Floatplane Notebooks." |
WINTERVILLE�A program at Pitt Community College this week provided a preview of what is to come when East Carolina University celebrates the region�s writers and their works Sept. 26-27. On Wednesday in PCC�s Fulford Building auditorium, Pitt Developmental English instructors entertained students and their fellow employees by reciting excerpts from Clyde Edgerton�s �The Floatplane Notebooks.� An award-winning author and graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Edgerton will deliver the keynote address at ECU�s 5th Annual Eastern North Carolina Literary Homecoming, which will take place in ECU�s Joyner Library. Edgerton, who was born in Durham and raised in nearby Bethesda, has written eight novels. �The Floatplane Notebooks� is the 64-year-old author�s third work and is the assigned novel for PCC students taking ENG 095 this fall. �(Edgerton) is a wonderful observer of people and our culture,� said Blythe Tennant, chair of the East Carolina Literary Homecoming Committee. Tennant spoke during Wednesday�s event at Pitt and encouraged everyone to attend this year�s Literary Homecoming, which will feature presentations by a number of writers, musicians and poets from throughout Eastern North Carolina. Also taking part in Wednesday�s event at PCC, which was organized and narrated by Pitt�s Regina Garcia, were instructors Jennifer Leigh, Cheri White, Hilda Barrow, Edwin Franklin, Allison Flowers and Sallie Stone. |