jenn

Jennifer Spirko is a writer and creator who still lives in rural Blount County, where she grew up. In addition to writing for Let’s Be Blount, she creates content and plans events at Southland Books / The Bird and the Book. She has worked as a newspaper reporter and copy editor, a graduate-school thesis advisor and a librarian; along the way, she has taught English at five different colleges and won on Jeopardy!. She would love to talk to you about Shakespeare, Dungeons & Dragons or disability justice. Jenn has two adult children and a houseful of cats.

Articles by jenn

Festival Promises Sips and Fun

Delicious wines in a beautiful setting: That’s the Sip TN Foothills Wine Festival in a nutshell.
“We want folks to come out, have a great time, and discover just how good our local wines really are,” said Yardley Sawyer, General Manager of Cades Cove Cellars, one of the wineries involved.

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