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.