For Words: Loreta Washington

The Truman State University’s Department of English and Multicultural Affairs, in partnership with Missouri Humanities Council and the Missouri Folklore Society, is pleased to announce a for·Words Reading Series Event featuring master storyteller Loretta Washington. On Thursday, November 3 at 7:00 p.m. in the Student Union Building, Washington will read from “My Corner of the Porch,” a collection of sixteen stories written by her and published in the Missouri Folklore Society’s newest journal volume.

The book launch and reading will take place immediately after the MFS opening banquet. Washington’s performance, scheduled for 7-8 p.m., will be followed by a short reception featuring a traditional Ozark treat. The final event of the evening is a multicultural musical jam session open to any and all musicians from 8:30 – 10:00 p.m.

Loretta Washington’s “My Corner of the Porch” is a collection of stories that pays tribute to Washington’s grandmother, a tiny but forceful woman who helped her spunky little granddaughter grow up in racially segregated Wardell, MO, in the early 1950s.