Cary Holladay

I feel lucky to live in beautiful Rapidan, Va., a historic river-and-railroad village where my family has breathed country air and harkened to songbirds and foxes for a long time. Rapidan is the setting for my novel-in-stories, Horse People. My most recent book of fiction is Brides in the Sky: Stories and a Novella. The title story, about a Virginia family on the Oregon Trail, is in The Hudson Review.

 

When Arcadia Publishing asked me to do a pictorial history of Glen Allen, Va., where my parents, my sisters, and I lived for a time, I was delighted. Images of America: Glen Allen presents vintage photos of village founder John Cussons and his magnificent 1880s hotel, Forest Lodge; pioneering Black educator Virginia Randolph and her students; the story of Jack Bourne Park; and more. Many thanks to all who contributed information and photographs. 

Awards
National Endowment for the Arts
Tennessee Arts Commission

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
O. Henry Prize for "Merry-Go-Sorry," inspired by the West Memphis 3 ; first published in Alaska Quarterly Review
Virginia Literary Awards, finalist for The Quick-Change Artist: Stories

Teaching
Converse Low-Residency MFA, core faculty
University of Memphis, Professor Emeritus; directed MFA program
University of Memphis, First Tennessee Professor
Pennsylvania State University, Fisher Family Writer-in-Residence 

Wichita State University, Distinguished Visiting Writer 
Miami University of Ohio, Visiting Writer 
Fairmont State University, Artist in Residence

La Salle University, Writer-in-Residence