– Local author Julia Nunnally Duncan will discuss and sign copies of her works, including her latest book of poetry, When Time Was Suspended, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, August 18, at the Mountain Gateway Museum & Heritage Center, 24 Water St., in Old Fort. This will take place during our regularly scheduled Sunday music jam.
Duncan grew up in Western North Carolina, and her work is inspired by the history and nature of her roots. An award-winning author, she has written several books and two essay collections: All We Have Loved and A Place That Was Home.
Part of Duncan’s essay collections document her life in McDowell County during the 1960s and explore her mother’s life in the area during the Great Depression.
When Time Was Suspended has been praised by former North Carolina Poet Laureate Joseph Bathanti, who described it as “…a fascinating, richly imagined conflation of history, ethnography, genealogy, ancestry, family Bible, and a suite of ekphrastic masterpieces.”
In addition to writing, Duncan taught English and Humanities at McDowell Technical Community College in Marion for more than 30 years. She lives with her husband, Steve, and they have a daughter, Annie.