Cognard-Black a Writing Fellow at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts

Submitted by Michael Bruckler on May 15, 2018 - 5:14 pm
May 15, 2018
By Michael Bruckler

Jennifer Cognard-Black, professor of English, is a writing fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts from May 7-20, 2018.  During this artist residency, Cognard-Black is working on her first novel, the fictionalization of a 10-year period in the life of Edith Wharton.  Cognard-Black was awarded a MidAtlantic Arts Foundation Grant to support her time at the VCCA.