Marie Manilla2021 Appalachian Heritage Writer in Residence

Teaching Resources

• Introductory Essay: ​"Home Is Where the Heart Is: Empathy, Art, and the Fiction of Marie Manilla"
• AHWIR Events Brochure 2021

Teaching the Patron Saint of Ugly

• Patron Saint of Ugly 2021 WV Common Read, Assignment
• Patron Stain of Ugly Collaborative Learning Exercise
• Before You Read Research
• Before You Read Research
• As You Read: Reflection Videos
• After You Read: Compare and Contrast
• After You Read: Essay Topics
• Creative Writing Assignment: My Truth

Teaching Resources Continued

• Still Life with Plums Assignment
• Shrapnel Assignment
• Shrapnel Collaborative Learning Exercise
• Marie Manilla website
• The Beauty Myth
• The Culture of Beauty, Psychology, & the Self, with Naomi Wolf
• Beauty Myth Ted Talk
• My Philosophy for a Happy Life, with Sam Berns, Ted Talk
• Black Lives Matter

Sponsors

• The WV Center for the Book
• Appalachian Studies Program at Shepherd University
• Shepherd University Foundation
• Performing Arts Series at Shepherd
• West Virginia Humanities Council