Today on the podcast I have Valerie Nieman . Her most recent novel is ‘To the Bones’. Valerie is also the author 3 previous novels: Blood Clay, a novel of the New South, Survivors, a novel about the Rust Belt of the 1970s, and her first book, Neena Gathering a classic in the post-apocalyptic genre.  She is also an accomplished poet. Her most recent poetry collection is, Leopard Lady: A Life in Verse. She is also the author of the poetry collections Hotel Worthy, Wake Wake Wake, and a collection of short stories, Fidelities. Nieman graduated from West Virginia University and Queens University of Charlotte. A former newspaper reporter and editor, she now teaches creative writing at North Carolina A&T State University

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To find out more about Valerie: http://www.valnieman.com/

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