Meet Mark Powell, the novelist whom Ron Rash has called “the best Appalachian novelist of the current generation.” His seventh novel is “The Late Rebellion,” a dramatization of social changes that have taken place in small towns where the older generation is clinging to older social norms and the younger generation is defying them. Underlying this is the legacy of violence in the South that resonates through generations.

Powell teaches creative writing and contemporary fiction at Appalachian State University. He has degrees from the Citadel, the University of South Carolina, and Yale Divinity School.

PLEASE NOTE VENUE CHANGE: Due to Abingdon library being closed for renovations, this event will take place at Sinking Spring Presbyterian Church.