Knoxvillian Jack Neely is an expert on the fascinating lesser-known details of local history. Jack Neely graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1981 and worked at Whittle Communications before becoming a Metropulse writer. His columns have been collected in two volumes of Knoxville's Secret History . He wrote the text for a book of photographs of Knoxville's old cemeteries, The Marble City . The April meeting of the Knoxville Writers' Guild features a program by Knoxville novelist Timothy Joseph.
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The author will be available to sign his books afterward. Joseph, who holds a Ph.D. in ecology, is a former teacher and corporate manager. He now works as a Senior Scientist for the Department of Energy in Oak Ridge. Co-sponsored by the UT Creative Writing Program and the Knoxville Writers' Guild, in association with the John C. Hodges Better English Fund. Hear Sarah Gorham and Jeffrey Skinner read from their poetry.