Speaker Biographies

George Brosi

George Brosi grew up in Oak Ridge, Tenn., and received a bachelor's degree in Sociology from Carleton College in 1965, followed by a master's degree in English Education from Western Carolina University in 1990. In addition to his half-time job as editor of Appalachian Heritage, George and his wife, Connie, run a retail book business specializing exclusively in books from and about Appalachia. Currently, this enterprise primarily serves academic libraries and regional conferences and celebrations. Brosi is the co-editor of Jesse Stuart: The Man and His Books (1988), published by the Jesse Stuart Foundation and No Lonesome Road: The Prose and Poetry of Don West (2004), published by the University of Illinois Press. He is also the editor of the "Images and Icons" section of the Encyclopedia of Appalachia (2006) from the University of Tennessee Press and a contributor to three literary reference books from Louisiana State University Press, including the article on "Appalachian Literature" in the Companion to Southern Literature (2003). Brosi chairs the committee to select the annual Weatherford Award winner in fiction for the Appalachian Studies Association and Berea College. In 2003, the Appalachian Writers Association gave Brosi their award for outstanding contribution to regional literature.

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