Quilt Proceeds to Benefit Writers

 

The Appalachian Writers Workshop scholarship fund is $1,335 richer thanks to the generosity of poet Diane Gilliam. Gilliam hand-quilted a beautiful basket pattern quilt and donated it to be raffled during the 2009 Writer Workshop. Proceeds of the raffle were designated to support scholarships for writers who wish to attend the annual Writers Workshop but cannot afford tuition. Gilliam is the author of Kettle Bottom, a collection of poems that use the voices of West Virginia miners and their families to paint a portrait of mining in Appalachia.