ASHLAND — Annmarie Kelly-Harbaugh, an English instructor at Ashland University, has been named the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center’s writer-in-residence for June.
Kelly-Harbaugh, a Cleveland resident, will travel to Piggott, Arkansas, in June to work with local writers and on her own writings.
The residency will allow her to become better acquainted with the life and legacy of Ernest Hemingway, whose second wife, Pauline Pfeiffer, was often overlooked in historical narratives.
“Paula McLain did such a beautiful job imagining us into the lives of Hadley and Martha, Hemingway’s first and third wives,” Kelly-Harbaugh said.
“Maggie O’Farrell broke my heart spinning stories about Shakespeare’s wife and children. Even the musical ‘Six’ recently united the tales of Henry the VIII’s wives.
“Most of us don’t even realize those threads are missing from the history we’re taught.”
Kelly-Harbaugh has been writing for over two decades and has published numerous books, including Here Be Dragons: A Parent’s Guide to Rediscovering Purpose, Adventure and the Unfathomable Joy of the Journey.
She has also served as a teacher at Ashland University, Cleveland Public Library, Literary Cleveland and Lit Youngstown.
“Now I wonder what she’ll write about in Hemingway’s old barn studio,” said Christian Kiefer, director of Ashland University’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program.
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