“Zelda has a strong commitment to beautiful and unique language. She gives us an unflinching view of the human spirit surviving adversity, confronting despair with stubbornness and wry humor and achieving levels of insight that display a genuine sense of compassion with people for whom humor and wry endurance are basic. Her people read to me as real – fully rendered and difficult as any I have made myself….”
- Dorothy Allison
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“I first met Zelda shortly after her novel Fifth Born was published. After reading this powerful work whose concise prose pierced the heart, I knew I wanted to have her present a book signing and talk as part of the museum’s Writer’s Block series. Zelda’s presentation, like her prose, deeply connected with the audience and revealed her gifts as not just a talented author, but as an inspirational speaker as well….”
- Emily D. Grant, Youth and Family Program Coordinator, North Carolina Museum of History
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“We are excited to have a program that recognizes the achievement of North Carolina writers across genres and that fosters a love of writing and reading in the state. Zelda Lockhart is talented and her work is rich and spellbinding. That, along with her commitments to her craft and to helping others find expression in writing makes her the ideal candidate for the Piedmont Laureate post.”
- Banu Valladares, Acting Literature Director, North Carolina Arts Council
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